[plug] Setting up a Linux Box

Kai vk6ksj at siwa.com.au
Fri Apr 20 21:30:52 WST 2001


Have you tried giving the modem an init string of:
at&f

In case you don't know, that tells the modem to set itself to factory
default settings...usually kills any d/c problems.
Does that work?

/Kai

Joel Fraser wrote:
> 
> Ok here is the deal, i have a computer with the server version of RH 7
> installed and wish to make it a dial up machine to the internet. I have
> looked at the help page at iinet
>  http://www.iinet.net.au/help/linux/index.html )but all it seems to do is
> turn on the "TR" light on my modem and just sit there it doesnt even dial
> up.
> 
> Cheers Joel Fraser



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