> Actually, Gabriel is placing two calls. The initial > "9" is a request for an outside line from his local > switchboard. When that request is honored and he is > granted an outside line by giving him a second > dialtone, he then asks to be connected to > 604-822-4477. Since this does not happen > instantaneously, and the local switchboard may not > buffer the ISP's number, he needs to have some way of > separating the two requests, and allowing the > connection to be made. The simplest way to do this is > to insert a comma or two after the "9"; this will > generate a one or two second delay between the two > portions of the dialup dialogue. A more elaborate > method would be to modify the dialup script to dial > 9, verify that a second dialtone is present, and then > complete the dialing process. my /etc/wvdial.conf (generated by system-config-network) contains Area Code = 604 Phone = 8224477 Dial Prefix = 9 This config (except the init strings) is similar with teh one I use for a Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic]) on a Dell laptop without any problem (with slmodemd too) Activating the network thorugh system-config-network gives me either error 6 or 8 Gabriel ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
