[plug] adsl modem/router advice, kppp setup?

[Dave Dartnall]

WolfBite wrote:

>only used mdk upto 9.1 (10.0 and 10.1 cuased too many
>headaches :)
>
>kppp used to work fine
>a rough guess is that ya modem isnt init properly and
>the exiting of kppp fixes it (maybe setting it to
>factory defaults )
>
>a WEIRD thing that I USED to find was the 3 settings
>at the bottom (think was volume) correct setting but
>would kill my modems (tried more than 1)
>I removed the settings (set it by term and left it)
>and everything worked fine :)
>
>most things seem to work fine these days if you just
>set factory defaults.
>
>wolfbite
>
>--- Dave Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au> wrote:
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>>Help needed please:
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>>1. Advice on suitable adsl modem/router - only
>>require internet acces to 
>>one other computer...
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>>2. Dialup using kppp in Mandrake 10.0 dies on first
>>attempt with message 
>>'kppp daemon died unexpecredly: exit status 16. The
>>second dialup 
>>attempt works perfectly. What have I done wrong?
>>
>>regards
>>Dave Dartnall
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Thanks WB, - Il'l fiddle with the modem settings and see what happens...