[techtalk] update

[Jenn V.]

Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote:
> 
> On Dec 15, Robert Kiesling conjectured:
> 
> > I'm not sure about the masquerading because my systems are the proxy
> > server type.  But I'm sure I could help config the ppp.  Depends on
> > whether your using the standard /etc/ppp/ system-wide files or a
> > wrapper like kppp.
> 
> I'm using the /etc/ppp stuff.  A friend of ours set it up for us last
> time, but after the hack, I forgot to save the actual dialing script.
> Oops.  THere's some problem with initializing the modem.  In the script, I
> tell ti to send an initialization srting, and wait for OK.   The OK never
> comes.

Can you listen to the modem and watch the lights - do they 
change? Does the modem react at all to the initialisation 
string? Have you power cycled the modem a few times (leaving 
it off long enough for its ram to clear - twenty seconds 
should be enough)? Have you checked your initialisation 
string against the modem's manual/web page to ensure that 
it says what you think it says?

One of these questions should give you a further avenue of 
investigation, if nothing else. Hopefully break up the log-
jam. :)


Jenn V.
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