Well, friends, this is getting a bit too complicated for me. The modem works on Windows Vista, set at 115200, using a simple phone line. wvdial configured the modem at 460800, saying: 'Max speed is 460800; that should be safe'. As far as I can tell my /etc/wvdial.conf (see below) is properly set up. I use the same phone number, username and password as on Windows. I've tried other speed settings (including 57600 - see below) and still get 'Authorization failed'. So, I wonder, of course, what to do next and I'd be grateful for any further advice. Nick ***************************************** [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 New PPPD = yes Phone = 0198331333 Modem = /dev/ttySHSF0 Username = nwahl Password = ********* Baud = 57600 ***************************************** nw@nw:~$ 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: ATDT0198331333 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT0198331333 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONNECT 57600 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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... ^CCaught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully... --> Disconnecting at Mon Dec 28 17:33:16 2009 nw@nw:~$ **************************************************** Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > The CONNECT speed is set by negotiation between the modem's of the PC > and the Internet Provider, through the theoretical maximum for the > hardware may be higher. > But we never encountered practical CONNECTs above 56K. Hence a > suspicion that Nick may be somehow reaching a DSL server rather than a > standard modem. > > MarvS > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 4:48 AM, gpwmda <gpwmda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2009/12/23, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> 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. >> >> actually, I had that too. in puppylinux 4.3.1 wvdialconf sets up max >> speed, resulting >> in connect messages like that. >> >> I ran a intel537EP. Also I run a slmodem on a PCTEL hardware codec. >> >> puppylinux nicely autodetects und runs the following pair, which >> scanModem did not yet know about: >> >> pci primary 1106:3068 AC'97 on VIA controller >> subsystem 7321:1071 Mitac model # 7321 laptop >> >> another 1071 laptop (7385 or so) is already registered with scanmodem, >> probably using the same hardware, which is a mini-pci card with the >> PCTEL PCT303A / PCT303W interface and DAA. (I opened the pci bay of >> the laptop). The mini pci card is an Askey V1456VQL-P1 modem. as said, >> slamr0 runs this silicon with no problem whatsoever. >> >
