jwalling
October 16th, 2010, 02:22 AM
I use an analog modem and wifi to access the internet.
I am using Ubuntu LTS 8.04 on a laptop and have an analog modem connected via USB serial cable. The dialup feature and the modem work flawlessly.
I am testing LTS 10.04.1 on a live USB drive that I purchased preinstalled from On-Disk.
On the live USB drive, I am able to get a dialup connection with my ISP long enough to pull up a web page with the browser. However, the analog modem disconnects within minutes with exit codes 16 or 17.
Man pppd:
16 The link was terminated by the modem hanging up.
17 The PPP negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected.
My questions are, how to do I track down the dialup setting(s), or file configuration(s) that is causing the disconnects? Is the problem likely due to a poorly worded AT modem command?
I want to get this problem resolved before I proceed with upgrading from 8.04 to 10.04.1. Thanks for your suggestions.
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I found a possible solution: pppd nomagic
I am using Gnome PPP. Where/how do I add the nomagic option to pppd?
I am using Ubuntu LTS 8.04 on a laptop and have an analog modem connected via USB serial cable. The dialup feature and the modem work flawlessly.
I am testing LTS 10.04.1 on a live USB drive that I purchased preinstalled from On-Disk.
On the live USB drive, I am able to get a dialup connection with my ISP long enough to pull up a web page with the browser. However, the analog modem disconnects within minutes with exit codes 16 or 17.
Man pppd:
16 The link was terminated by the modem hanging up.
17 The PPP negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected.
My questions are, how to do I track down the dialup setting(s), or file configuration(s) that is causing the disconnects? Is the problem likely due to a poorly worded AT modem command?
I want to get this problem resolved before I proceed with upgrading from 8.04 to 10.04.1. Thanks for your suggestions.
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I found a possible solution: pppd nomagic
I am using Gnome PPP. Where/how do I add the nomagic option to pppd?