Modem trouble

[Michelle Coelho]

I have connected an external 56k modem to com1 (ttyS0). I ran pppconfig and filled in the info to the best of my knowledge. Then I ran pon. Then I did a 'plog' and got the following diagnostics: abort on (NO DIALTONE) abort on (NO ANSWER) send (ATZ^M) expect OK --got it send ATDT2785620 expect (CONNECT) ^M alarm Failed Connect script failed Exit.   I tried pon again and got the same diagnostics..Then when I tried pon the fourth time I got the following diagnostics: abort on (NO DIALTONE) abort on (NO ANSWER) send (ATZ^M) expect OK --got it send ATDT2785620 expect (CONNECT) ^M Using interface ppp0 connect ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x777e> <pcomp> <accomp>] last message repeated 9 times LCP timeout sending Config-Request Connection Terminated Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean Problem: all had bit 7 set to 1 Hangup (SIGHUP) Exit   I know that the modem is dialing out as I heard it do so all times..In the first case, I didn't hear the screeching sound, whereas in the second, I did. So I thought the serial module device drivers should be enabled. So I ran modconf as root and enabled them, but the system couldn't detect any. What happened was at boot time, the system hanged. So then I disabled serial modules...   My 486 has a 16450 UART...Do you reckon this to be the problem. Should I be using a modem of lower speed, say, 33.6??   Here are some of the lines from /var/log/kern.log kernel: serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled . . . kernel: eata_dma : No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver release depends on it . . . pppd: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 pppd: Using interface ppp0 pppd: Connect: ppp0<-->/dev/tty1 pppd: LCP:timeout sending Config-Requests pppd: Connection terminated pppd: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean pppd: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 1 . . . pppd: Exit . . . pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/provider : unrecognized option '/dev/modem'   Having run pon, how do  I know if I'm connected. Will issuing a telnet connect me to the remote server? I have just the base system. I have no communcation software, like seyon or minicom or EzPPP, etc..neither do I have any GUI, like XWindows..And I am the sole user of the system. I intend adding more utililies, like XWIndows, etc..once I have the modem working properly and am able to connect to my ISP.