On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 16:34 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 16:16 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > On Sunday July 16 2006 9:33 am, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > I am missing something. If the windows dialer can dial in why can't a > > > dialer program on Linux like kppp? > > > > Unless I'm missing something, he's probably talking about a Winmodem, which > > work great under Windows, but can become a life-sucker trying to get working > > in Linux. My advice to him would be, if he's trying to dialup anything with > > Linux, that he get an external serial modem, if that's one of the things he's > > seeking help with. > > -- > > Claude Jones > > Brunswick, MD, USA > > > You might be right, and if so I would give him the same advice. If he wants any connection at all with the darn thing examine the init strings listed at the manufactures site while in Windows, and set the compression to off in the Linux dialup init string. Change the speed to 9600 and it will work reliably at 9600 baud. I had a bunch of external winmodems that were given to me when I had an 8 line BBS, back in the day. None would work for anything until one guru turned me on to turning off compression and lowering the speed. Then it worked just like it was out of the box, a cheapo 9600 baud modem, without a bunch of software choking the processor chicken trying to make it look like a 28.8 DC Hayes!! A modem like that will do what it needs to do, without software. It's all in hardware and does cost more. It works. I believe they can still be bought, but you have to almost get it in writing that it will stand-alone without some blooming driver. A reliable external modem, priceless. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ ================================================
