Baud = 460800 represents a modem hardware capability which phone lines cannot manage Sometimes it helps to Edit to: [Dialer Defaults] Baud = 115200 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Carrier Check = no Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = Target_Phone_Number ISDN = 0 Password = Your_Password New PPPD = yes Username = Your_Login_Name Modem = /dev/ttySL0 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:56 PM, John & Melonie Curwood <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, sorry there was a typo in the previous email, the actual contents of > /etc/wvdial.conf are: > ---------------- > > [Dialer Defaults] > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > Carrier Check = no > Modem Type = Analog Modem > Phone = <Target Phone Number> > ISDN = 0 > Password = <Your Password> > New PPPD = yes > Username = <Your Login Name> > Modem = /dev/ttySL0 > Baud = 460800 > --------------------- > regards, > > John Curwood > > John & Melonie Curwood wrote: >> >> Hi Marvin, >> >> >> From the previou replies I received, I removed the';' from the front of >> the lines with my details in /etc/wvdial.conf. I then ran: >> sudo wvdial >> with the following results: >> -------------- >> curwood@ubuntu:~$ sudo wvdial >> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 >> --> Cannot get information for serial port. >> --> 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: ATDT086725327 >> --> Waiting for carrier. >> ATDT086725327 >> NO CARRIER >> --> No Carrier! Trying again >> ------------------- >> I ended up using ctrl+C to cancel the attempt as it kept looping the same >> action. >> I then saw your last email saying that I needed to add the line: >> Carrier Check = no >> to /etc/wvdial.conf >> which I did I added the line to the end of the file. Then I tried >> sudo wvdial >> again with the same result as above. I then tried moving the position the >> the 'Carrier Check = no' line in the /etc/wvdial.conf file to see if that >> helped. I tried this several times in several different possitions but I >> still get the same result. >> At the moment the /etc/wvdial.conf file looks like this: >> ---------------- >> >> [Dialer Defaults] >> Init1 = ATZ >> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 >> Carrier Check = no >> Modem Type = Analog Modem >> ; Phone = <Target Phone Number> >> ISDN = 0 >> ; Password = <Your Password> >> New PPPD = yes >> ; Username = <Your Login Name> >> Modem = /dev/ttySL0 >> Baud = 460800 >> ----------------------- >> >> Thanks for all your help so far. each time I get a reply I get one step >> closer to being able to connect to the Internet from Ubuntu. >> >> Cheers, >> >> John Curwood >> >> Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >>> >>> Additionally for modems thus using a /dev/pts/N port, currently those >>> activated by slmodemd or martian_modem, there must be added to >>> /etc/wvdial.conf a line: >>> Carrier Check = no >>> because /dev/pts/N ports do not yet support this capabiity. >>> >>> MarvS >>> >> >> >> > >