On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 01:51, Juan Lupion wrote: > Neil Bird wrote: > > > > If I 'ifup' to dial up via my modem, I get a pppd that never works > > nor returns a failure if my modem's turned off. > > > What's the problem with having your modem -assuming it is a external > one- always on? ... what's the matter with issuing an ATZ (or other) command to the modem and waiting for an OK, or a timeout to occur?
