I have looked at some docs, namely man wvdial man wvdialconf but have not found an exact anwer. Another thing that I thought about, is if the above suggestions posted before do not work, is for you to Pick up the closest phone, press 9, wait till you hear dialtone, then start wvdial normally. It should work, should it not? HTH, Antonio On 4/12/08, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the ; is for a coment use only , for the meantime, forgot competely. > > Thanks, > > Antonio > > On 4/12/08, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I do not know for sure, but you can try both ways > > > > 1) with a , or a ; > > or directly > > with > > 2) 9 then the numbers that you need to dialout. > > > > Report back if 1) or 2) worked, or both failed. I will check wvdial > > documentation in the meantime. > > > > Regards, > > > > Antonio > > > > On 4/12/08, Maurice <maurice@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Just one last tweak needed in my slmodemd setup via wvdial. > > > > > > Often in hotel rooms, when needing to make a dial-up connection, one has > > to > > > first obtain an 'external line', e.g. by first dialling '9' (or - in > > > France - '0'). > > > > > > With the Windows dialler I could do that as follows: > > > > > > 0,xxxxxxx > > > > > > where the ',' inserts a pause, to allow time for the '0' to bring the > > > external > > > line up, before the number xxxxxx. is dialled. > > > > > > Is the same method used in wvdial? > > > > > > -- > > > /\/\aurice Batey > > > (Retired in Surrey, UK) > > > > > >
