FW: A ppp configuration question

[Chuck Swiger]

stan wrote:
> Sorry to post this again, but I still have seen no sugestiosn as to what I
> am doing wrong here :-(
> 
> And I am going out of town soon, and desperatrly need this to work.
> 
> Please, can some kind soul give me some help here?
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> Aug 29 14:12:43 brown2 ppp[863]: Chat: Expect(480): CONNECT 
> Aug 29 14:13:37 brown2 ppp[863]: Chat: Received: ATDT9w18008XXXXX.....3610^M^M 
> Aug 29 14:13:37 brown2 ppp[863]: Chat: Received: NO CARRIER^M 

No carrier means the phone call didn't get through to a modem on the other side. 
  Try calling the number direcly and confirm you get a modem, as well as 
checking the "9w1800..."-- I'd expect that to be "9,1800..."

[ ... ]
> The modem is a Winmodem using the Winmodem module from ports, if thta
> matters.

Hmm.  Well, if you can get it to work against a local #, you should be able to 
get it to work against a remote #.

-- 
-Chuck