Topic: Internet test failure

[Chris Bragg]

Here's a strange one for you. Kudos to anyone who figures this out.

I have a system that I'm already using as a Linux router. I run Coyote Linux on it with no problem whatsoever. Anyway, I recently read an article about SME v5 in Linux Magazine, and it sounded great, so I thought I'd give it a try. On the same machine mind you.

For those of you that aren't familiar with Coyote, it is a floppy based router/firewall. As I said, it works fantastic on this system.

My problem is that I'm unable to get the modem working under SME. The serial port (ttyS3) shows up in dmesg. I was even able to get it to dial out once to my main phone number under minicom (which unfortunately completely freaks out after dialing anything). When I try to test the internet connection under the admin tool though, it just fails. After looking in the messages log, there is reference to a diald alert, and something about the chat script failing. (Sorry for being vague, but I'm not able to use SME at all, so I don't have the exact log messages).

Has anyone successfully faced and beaten this monster, and if so, what did you do?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Chris Bragg

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[Chris Bragg]

OK, I'm a nimrod. Please disregard the original post. It certainly helps quite a bit if you don't typo the ISP's dialup number. Sheez.

Thanks anyway.

Chris (Knucklehead) Bragg

Chris Bragg wrote:
>
> Here's a strange one for you. Kudos to anyone who figures
> this out.
>
> I have a system that I'm already using as a Linux router. I
> run Coyote Linux on it with no problem whatsoever. Anyway, I
> recently read an article about SME v5 in Linux Magazine, and
> it sounded great, so I thought I'd give it a try. On the same
> machine mind you.
>
> For those of you that aren't familiar with Coyote, it is a
> floppy based router/firewall. As I said, it works fantastic
> on this system.
>
> My problem is that I'm unable to get the modem working under
> SME. The serial port (ttyS3) shows up in dmesg. I was even
> able to get it to dial out once to my main phone number under
> minicom (which unfortunately completely freaks out after
> dialing anything). When I try to test the internet connection
> under the admin tool though, it just fails. After looking in
> the messages log, there is reference to a diald alert, and
> something about the chat script failing. (Sorry for being
> vague, but I'm not able to use SME at all, so I don't have
> the exact log messages).
>
> Has anyone successfully faced and beaten this monster, and if
> so, what did you do?
>
> Thanks in advance for your advice.
>
> Chris Bragg
>
> Please remove the ".SPAMSUX"
> to e-mail me.