[plug] ppp dialup problems

[Bruce Fountain]

Hi guys,

I have just subscribed to this mailing list. Unfortunately
my first posting is going to be pretty mundane.

I have a redhat (5.? - not sure of the version) installation
which I used without any major drama to connect to my ISP in
Sydney. Now that I have moved to Perth I have signed with
iinet. I used linuxconf to reconfigure my dialup connection
to talk to iinet (that seems to be the only ppp configuration
tool on the system). I changed the dialup phone number, my
account login and password, and the DNS. I can't think of
anything else which would need to be changed.

When I try to connect I get the following messages in 
/var/log/messages:

   kernel: registered device ppp0
   pppd[729]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, vid 0
   chat[735]: send (ATZ^M)
   chat[735]: expect (OK)
   chat[735]: alarm
   chat[735]: failed

The modem doesn't seem to dial. Can anyone see something
which I might have missed? Is there someway I can get better
diagnostics from pppd/chat?


Bruce Fountain
Mi Consulting Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
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E-mail: bruce.fountain at mi-services.com 


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