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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: newbie question:atdt command works but not using dial command
Date: 26 Oct 1998 16:06:07 GMT
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In article <363441A7.90910EC@siemens.com.sg>,
Muljawan Hendrianto <muljawan.hendrianto@siemens.com.sg> wrote:
: I have installed C-Kermit 6.1 in our Redhat 5.1.
: The installation was successful, and I can even connect to another modem
: using atdt command.
: But when I use the 'dial' command, I got the following error message,
:
: [/dev/] C-Kermit>dial 97407554
: Trying: 97407554...
: Device: /dev/ttyS1, modem: motorola-montana, speed: 38400
: Dial timeout: 43 seconds
: To cancel: type your interrupt character (normally Ctrl-C).
: DIAL Failure: Error initializing modem.
:
: Does anyone has an idea, what can be wrong ?
:
This indicates a total failure to communicate with the modem. The manual
goes into great detail about how to set up and troubleshoot modem connections.
You didn't show the sequence of commands you used. It should have been:
set modem type motorola-montana
set line /dev/ttyS1
set speed 38400
dial 97407554
in that order; the order is important.
A couple other hints:
1. Use "set dial display on" to monitor the dialog between Kermit and
the modem.
2. It often happens that when ttyS1 doesn't work, cua does (and vice
versa). Mysteries of Linux...
3. If the Motorola Montana is a PCMCIA or Plug-n-Play modem, you probably
need to run some kind of special utility to set it up for use with Linux.
- Frank