Nick, RE: CONNECT 460800 What type of line/medium are you trying to dialout?? Simple phone lines cannot manage modem CONNECTs at 460800 They manage at best some 56000. Also your /etc/wvdial.conf may not be properly setup. It should be similar to the below. Please send to the List, not directly to me MarvS [Dialer Defaults] # lines are comments Modem = /dev/ttySHSF0 Baud = 115200 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = 3334445555 Username = Your_Login_Name # # if your IP uses CHAP authentication, there must instead be used something like: # Username = pacific.net.au/Your_Login_Name Password = Your_Password Nick's dialout attempt: -------------------------------- --> 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: ATDT0198331333 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT0198331333 CONNECT 460800 User Access Verification Username: username: login: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Username: username: login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: nwahl nwahl Password: password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) % Authorization failed. --> Connected, but carrier signal lost! Retrying... On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Nick Wahl <nwahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks again, Marv, I needed the 'alsa-driver-linuxant' and I think I > am almost there - except for this, hopefully, last hurdle (see > attached wvdial.log), which I tried unsuccessfully to overcome. Maybe > you can see the problem where I don't. Thanks in advance. - Nick > > Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >> NIck, >> >> Do for syntax guide: >> $ sudo hsfconfig --help >> >> Then something like >> $ sudo hsfmodem --diagnose >> which will write a diagnostic to the folder /tmp/ >> >> Send the diagostic to "Support (Jonathan)" <modem.support@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> MarvS >> > [snip] >