modem education

[Net Llama!]

On 06/05/2006 08:40 AM, Bob Hemus wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:28 PM
> Subject: Re: modem education
> 
> 
>> On 06/05/2006 08:06 AM, Bob Hemus wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Michael Hipp" <michael at hipp.com>
>>> To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: modem education
>>>
>>>
>>>>> From: "Bruce Marshall" <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
>>>>
>>> Ah, I miss-used the trem switch.  What I was/am confused about is this 
>>> modem worked fine.  I put in a new hd, a Seagate 160GB and installed Win 
>>> XP.  When I fired it back up the ActionTec V.92 PCI modem wouldn't work 
>>> with any of the distros I monkey with (wash out my mouth!! preposition at 
>>> end of sentence).  I tried all kinds of configurations, 
>>> re-configuarations to no avail.  The box in which the modem arrived and 
>>> the adds for this modem list All M$ stuff, OS2, Unix and Linux.  I 
>>> assumed from this it had enough of all of the correct chips?  Here is the 
>>> dope from the modem. "ACTIONTEC PM560LKC V.92".  The board says, 
>>> #03-0322-3A.    Here are all of the chips;
>>> LCB110, CP Clare, 0018T11600; COSMO, 6010, M16; COSMO, 2010, 4N35, A41, 
>>> B; NAis, AQVZIDEN, 203, 2 of these; ATMEL, AT49F002T, 70JC, 0029, Lucent, 
>>> 1673TV8, 28RDD 0022K, copyright sign, 98 LUC; ISSI, 
>>> IS61C25AH-12J,JV052631H 0019, ISSI, IS61C25AH-12J,JV052631H 0020;
>>> Agere, PCI-7XT, 0208S, 3745674 copyright 98 AGERE.
>>>
>>> Did this modem have the right stuff and I sparked the chip monkeying 
>>> around? I try to remember to use my ground strap, but sometimes it comes 
>>> loose and I miss it. I found this file, I'm going to try to install it on 
>>> my SuSE 10.0 after dinner, if I have time.
>>
>> According to this, you've got a real modem:
>> http://archives.linmodems.org/14828
>>
>> Personally, I'd recommend using kppp to get online.  its about the only 
>> thing in KDE that doesn't annoy me.
> 
> Tried it many times before I asked for help.

Did the probe of the modem work?  What specifically failed in kppp?

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