Did you try the Ubuntu network management tool as I described last
night, in place of wvdial?
Your problem with wvdial is almost certainly due to the impossibility to
bring down an Ethernet or Wifi interface.
If the problem persists, please proceed as follows:
Open a additional terminal (console).
In one of the terminals lauch sudo wvdial and do not stop it (no
CTRL-C) , wait until you see
> ATDT495-1000
> CONNECT 460800
> --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
> --> Starting pppd at Wed Dec 17 18:21:54 2008
> --> Pid of pppd: 9054
> --> Using interface ppp0
> --> local IP address 64.40.61.188
> --> remote IP address 64.40.40.6
> --> primary DNS address 64.40.40.53
> --> secondary DNS address 66.54.140.10
>
and then the window becomes still
Go to the other terminal.
Type sudo ifconfig > dump.txt
Type sudo route -n >> dump.txt
Type sudo cat /etc/resolv.conf >> dump.txt
And send me the file dump.txt thus created.
Pay attention, there is only ONE > , not two, on the first of the three
commands (using 2 the first time is harmless, but if you have to do it
again make sure you type only one. > opens a new file, >> adds to an
existing file or creates it if not found ).
D Brewer wrote:
Jacques,
Two other helpful members of this list told me how to edit the pap-secrets file, and I have done so successfully. I tried to connect via wvdial but still had trouble.
Here's the report from the terminal from my first attempt:
carolyn@carolyn-desktop:~$ sudo wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT495-1000
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT495-1000
CONNECT 460800
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Wed Dec 17 18:21:54 2008
--> Pid of pppd: 9054
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 64.40.61.188
--> remote IP address 64.40.40.6
--> primary DNS address 64.40.40.53
--> secondary DNS address 66.54.140.10
Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...
--> Terminating on signal 15
--> Connect time 1.7 minutes.
--> Disconnecting at Wed Dec 17 18:23:40 2008
I waited a couple of minutes after it showed the DNS addresses, and opened Firefox, but couldn't navigate to any online sites. So I hit ctrl-C to exit.
Then I edited the wvdial.conf file to comment out "Stupid Mode = yes". I tried wvdial again, and here's what the terminal showed:
carolyn@carolyn-desktop:~$ sudo wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT495-1000
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT495-1000
CONNECT 460800
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
CVX Access Switch.
Access is restricted to authorized users only.
login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: guest
guest
password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Exiting shell, and starting PPP session.
~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }8}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } }%}&:ZRF}'}"}(}"*G~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Wed Dec 17 18:26:01 2008
--> Pid of pppd: 9183
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> local IP address 64.40.61.231
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> remote IP address 64.40.40.6
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> primary DNS address 64.40.40.53
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> secondary DNS address 66.54.140.10
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...
--> Terminating on signal 15
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> Connect time 1.8 minutes.
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> pppd: ��[06][08]H�[06][08]
--> Disconnecting at Wed Dec 17 18:27:54 2008
I tried the same procedure of opening Firefox and navigating to a real web site, but with no luck. Am I not waiting long enough, or is there still a problem?
Thank you again for your detective work!
Devon
--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: unable to connect with internal modem under Ubuntu
To: "Linmodems" <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Devon Brewer" <interscientific@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 12:52 PM
Devon and list:
this thread was long and I believe that I solved it -
sufficiently general saga worth being in archive.
Devon has an HSF modem in his Ubuntu 8.04 box.
He correctly installed the driver but could not achieve a
connection.
I have the same modem on my RedHat modified (aka Scientific
Linux) in my box.
I met no problem getting connected first to my University
then to Devon's ISP http://www.nocharge.com/ with S.L.
I then loaded my old Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD, installed the
driver (from the generic file, not the precompiled), from
Linuxant.
Either with wvdial or with the Ubuntu
System->Administration->Network tool, I immediately
got connected to my University but experienced the same
rejection as observed by Devon with his ISP.
I have no scruple disclosing the username, password and
phone number of his ISP because they are publicly displayed
on the Web page quoted above. The username was aptly chosen
as "guest" by the ISP.
The debugging option of pppd (syslog) made me find out that
the cause was a PAP rejection.
Lo and behold, the file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets on the Ubuntu
7.04 Live CD, and probably every Ubuntu distro, contains a
block of restricted user id's to which dialling is
denied. Of course my RedHat based system does not have that
block.
Sure enough, "guest" is in the blacklist !!!
Devon: locate that line in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets , insert a
# at the beginning to make it ignored by pppd, and let me
know if you get connected, as I did. I am really eager to
know that you too can now connect.
I tried with the Ubuntu network manager above, not with
wvdial, because Ubuntu sufficiently mocks Windows in hiding
things and decides for the user what he wants to do without
letting him ask, user assumed to be readily dumbed to the
200 % level by Microsoft. Simply, I never could find how to
disable the Ethernet and Wifi interfaces under Ubuntu: you
disable them, within up to 30 seconds they are back, forcing
routes and DNS's which you do not want for the analog
modem connection.
Jacques
Jacques
