Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I just bought a Creative ModemBlaster External 56k serial modem and it was detected just fine as /dev/ttys0 and linked to /dev/modem accordingly. However, I've noticed this problem with wvdial (didn't happen with my old modem): --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT [isp's phone number] CONNECT 115200 C UQKT2 User Access Verification Username: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Userna --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. --> Starting pppd at Fri May 23 00:01:20 2003 After this, there is a few seconds where the light in modem_lights applet blinks yellow (that's how i set it up for 'connecting'), then is green and I am connected. I can surf fine, but I'm just wondering if anything is wrong that I should worry about or maybe change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 My philosophy has always been: if it works, just be happy :) it's probably just a glitch or an unrecognized request and so the program just goes ahead and does what it should do even tho it doesn't recognize something, and since it works, obviously it's not much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Somehow I knew I would get an "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." answer. :lol: BTW: After I bought it and installed it, I went surfing the web to see if I could somehow tweak it and discovered several places where people talk about Creative ModemBlaster's being pieces of crap and not being able to get a fast connection with one. Well, I bought this one because I didn't want to pay $100 for a new modem after my POS Conexant HCF internal modem just suddenly died (it was almost 3 years old) and I'll tell you this connection is faster and more reliable than the old modem. Also, since my modem is now using the serial port, I don't have that annoying problem of cursor lag when dialing (my video card and modem shared an interrupt before). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 that's an auth prob. Not a big deal really. Do you have Stupid mode=yes in wvdial.conf? It can speed things up a bit at the auth handshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 since we are already in the wvdial topic, how do i configure wvdial to automatically get the dns server used by my dial-up (i use prepaid cards so i might not be using the same isp each time)? kppp handles them automatically but loading kppp takes longer than executing wvdial. :#: tia! ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 i think we need a "hijacked" emoticon....what do you think ramfree? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 ......discovered several places where people talk about Creative ModemBlaster's being pieces of crap and not being able to get a fast connection with one. ....... For what it's worth, I have the exact same modem and have been nothing but happy with it. It works well, gives me good speeds and my conections remain stable for ever. I have left it on downloading for 19 hours without any drop in speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 i think we need a "hijacked" emoticon....what do you think ramfree? :roll: not counting this post, i was ontopic. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 ontopic, but you still hijacked ;-) ok, i'll shut up. back to the topic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 how do i configure wvdial to automatically get the dns server used by my dial-upusepeersdnsin /etc/ppp/options and AutoDNS=on in /etc/wvdial.conf This is from memory, so don't shoot me if I'm wrong. I'll double check when I get home......I'm at work :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Hmmm...I turned Stupid mode on and now my connect looks like this: ATDT 6950032 CONNECT 115200 C UQKT2 User Access Verification Username: --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Sat May 24 17:39:03 2003 And I'm connected (alot faster, too). I don't understand how I'm allowed to connect without a password, but it'll do. Edit: I changed the password in /etc/wvdial.conf to a wrong one and I do not connect, so it is giving a password, even though it doesn't show it. Everything is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 correction Auto DNS=on Stupid mode doesn't do anything for me now that I switched to a real ISP :wink: http://www.mylinuxisp.com/index.php The wvdial docs on the internet basically say that if Stupid mode helps....well, your ISP is STUPID :mystismiles: ...that is what is says.Looks like you were having an auth prob, and this is were Stupid mode helped me when I had a stupid ISP. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 if you have read this thread then you know why my wvdial suddenly doesnt work anymore. here are the contents of my /etc/ppp/options file but i only added the characters in bold hoping it would work... locknoauth noipdefault usepeerdns defaultroute and here is my wvdial configuration which was working before i reinstalled... [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyS0 Baud = 115200 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ISDN = 0 #Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = 5555555 Username = edited by bvc- tell the world next time ramfree17 Password = edited by bvc- tell the world next time ramfree17 Auto DNS = on Stupid Mode = on Auto Reconnect = on but i think i dont get my dns servers set because i cant ping anything by its hostname. im currently using kppp and route doesnt show any entries (should it?). any suggestions? thanks... ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted June 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 wvdial does not work for me since installing 9.1 either. I've tried everything. Adding defaultroute, taking it out, adding noipdefault, taking it out, making /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial look just like /etc/ppp/options. Everything. Nothing works. I think it has something to do with ifup ppp0. wvdial will get all the way to starting pppd, but ppp0 will not come up. If I try to ifup ppp0 while waiting, I get an error. Forget which one. error code 2 maybe? can't find anything relating to error codes for ifup. Anyway, eventually the modem just hangs up. I've tried with Auto DNS = yes, without it. With Stupid mode = yes and without it. Dumbfounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 wvdial does not work for me since installing 9.1 either. but it did worked for me before i reinstalled to re-organize my partitions. since it has worked before i know there is just some setting that needs to be tweaked. but still no luck though. :( ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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