Subject: Re: I have an iBook 2001, Why wont YDL See My Modem?
From: Charlie Watts (cewatts@frontier.net)
Date: Sat Jul 21 2001 - 21:12:22 MDT
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Graham Leggett wrote:
> Charlie Watts wrote:
>
> > If I run minicom on /dev/ttyS0 I can get responses from the modem. AT
> > commands return OK.
> >
> > ATDTxxxxxxx goes off hook, returns a line of garbage, and then says "NO
> > DIALTONE".
>
> Hmmm - this is perhaps a driver problem - if it doesn't work properly in
> minicom, it's not going to dial up to the internet. You've stumped me
> I'm afraid :(
Aye, that is my conclusion as well.
I can't understand - at all - how the AT commands can work but the ATDT
returns garbage. Perhaps these modems need firmware loaded by the OS or
some such? I know nothing about them.
-- Charlie Watts cewatts@frontier.net Frontier Internet http://www.frontier.net/
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