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Mick wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 00:25, Dale wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I'm trying to switch ISPs over to Bell South. I can not get it to |
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>> connect up though. I have tried wvdial and Kppp with no luck. This is |
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>> what I am getting. |
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> [snip] |
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>> I did a google search and nothing made sense to me. I did try adding |
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>> lcp-max-configure 30 to /etc/ppp/options though. Still no go. |
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>> Anybody have a clue on how to fix this?? |
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> This is not going to help, but for what it's worth I used to have the same |
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> problem with a number of ISP dial-up numbers in the UK. I could get a |
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> dialling tone but for some reason the ISP modem would not pick up/respond. My |
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> modem would start the handshake but the ISP's would continue ringing. After |
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> trying out about a dozen different telephone Nos or so, I managed to find one |
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> (virgin.net) which worked without a problem; i.e. the ISP's modem would pick |
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> up and the handshake complete. I never understood what was the cause of this |
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> problem and would be interested to see what fixes it for you. |
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> Another thing, in the UK some ISP's modems are set to ignore calls which do |
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> not identify their telephone number. In such cases the dial up connection |
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> will not work if you withhold your number. If your phone settings are set to |
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> automatically withhold the number then in the UK you would need to prefix the |
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> dial up number with 1470, e.g. 1470 0845 0798313 |
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> Good luck! |
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On this, I turned the volume up and it answers the phone just fine. It |
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starts the handshake part then connects at 26400 like is usually does. |
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The only difference is that BellSouth does not seem to send a login |
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prompt and my system does know what to do so it just tries to connect |
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blind as a bat without sending the login/password. |
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We have caller ID here and it works fine. My brother who uses windoze |
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and lives next door uses them and it works fine for them. I may try it |
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again to see if anything has changed. Maybe it needed time to use the |
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caller ID to see we are allowed to connect. |
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I'm open to ideas though. I have tried Kppp, wvdial and pon and get no |
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joy out of it at all. No worky. :-( |
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Thanks |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 |
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Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. |
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