Hi folks, *sorry* for bothering again with that ppp stuff, but even after all trying out the helpful tips I recieved here, ppp still acts strangely... Here's another logfile piece which made me think that there is something broken:
--snip-- Nov 27 17:17:24 straylight chat[1054]: -- got it Nov 27 17:17:24 straylight chat[1054]: send (ATDT0192666210^M) Nov 27 17:17:25 straylight chat[1054]: expect (CONNECT) Nov 27 17:17:25 straylight chat[1054]: ^M Nov 27 17:17:52 straylight chat[1054]: ATDT0192666210^MECT 115200^M ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nov 27 17:17:58 straylight chat[1054]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:} }9}"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&um$ } }'}"}(}"[EMAIL PROTECTED];} }9}"}&} }*} } }# Nov 27 17:18:00 straylight chat[1054]: }%B#}%}%}&um$} }'}"}(}"[EMAIL PROTECTED]<} }9 }"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&um$} }'}"}(}"z^F~ Nov 27 17:18:04 straylight chat[1054]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] }9}"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&um$ } }'}"}(}">[EMAIL PROTECTED]>} }9}"}&} }*} } }# Nov 27 17:18:08 straylight chat[1054]: }%B#}%}%}&um$} }'}"}(}"[EMAIL PROTECTED] }9} "}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&um$} }'}"}(}"6k~~ Nov 27 17:18:10 straylight chat[1054]: alarm Nov 27 17:18:10 straylight chat[1054]: Failed Nov 27 17:18:11 straylight pppd[1053]: Exit. --snip-- After the last time I posted here I tried: --changing and trying to dial with different AT-init-commands --turning modem echo on / off --dialing with chat and wvdial --using differen providers to prevent problems with broken ppp servers --setting fixed speed (i.e. 57600) via pppconfig in dialup scripts Finally, *none* of this things changed anything about the modem behaviour. *Sometimes* it dials a hundred times without having any problems, sometimes it's almost impossible to connect for days without having errors like these. So it's obviously not solveable only by setting AT commands... Especially the marked line seems *strange* to me, what the h__k happens here??? Could it be a problem with UART 16450 in the server? I already had this modem working *fine* (without trouble) on a Linux box earlier which also was a rather old 486 but I'm not sure about the UART used inside... Any help / hints are thankfully welcome. :)) And... Another second thing to mention: Now while dealing around with my providers, seems that one of those is not working anymore (which worked perfectly before) because now chat terminates with "FORBIDDEN NUMBER" while dialing... what about this? Thanks for reading, have a nice evening... Kind regards, Kristian -- -------------------------------------------------- "There must be in everything a certain spirit, a view which like a soul directs the whole..." (Kreator) Kristian Rink bits : [EMAIL PROTECTED] paper : ++49 / 180 5052 5560 8162 key : 6DDB7912 found at wwwkeys.pgp.net --------------------------------------------------