[plug] minicom session with mm-5500su modem for bigpond wireless

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

That is the PPP protocol you're seeing. You can try using something
like wvdial instead of gui tools. wvdial is pretty excellent at
handling dial up links.

Tomasz

On 7/16/06, David Buddrige <dbuddrige at wasp.net.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The remotest hint of success that I have had in working with my new
> u-beaut maxon modem from bigpond is using minicom.  Whenever I try to
> connect using kppp I can get nowhere past a message that says "unable to
> create modem lock file."
>
> However a sample session from my attempt to connect with minicom is
> shown below.
>
> At the conclusion of this session [once the line-noise has finished], I
> am stumped as to what to do next - I have not at that point been
> prompted for login credentials and even if I was, I don't know exactly
> how to configure my network to go out through that connection.
>
> Does the minicom session shown below tell anyone anything about what my
> problem might be in getting this to work.  Alternatively, I am open to
> suggestions about alternatives to kppp [using fedora core 4].
>
> Furthermore, the offer of payment for direct technical assistance
> stands. 8-)
>
> My first interaction in the session below is where I type: "at+crm=150"
> as per the instructions on http://quozl.linux.org.au/mm-5100/
>
> cheers
>
> David.
>
>
> Welcome to minicom 2.00.0
>
> OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n
> Compiled on Mar  7 2005, 10:29:09.
>
> Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
>
> AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
> OK
> at+crm=150
> OK
> aAT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
> OK
> atz
> OK
> atdt#777
> CONNECT
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>
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