If that is the case, your PPP connection
might be failing because the modem was not detected at all. To scan your serial ports to see
where your modem might be, type the following (as root user):
$ wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf.new
The wvdialconf command builds a configuration file (in this example, the /etc/wvdial
.conf.new file) that is used by the dialer command (wvdial). (You need this file only if you use
wvdial to do your dial-up.) Its first action, however, is to scan the serial ports on your computer
and report where it finds modems. If it tells you that no modem was detected, it??™s likely that
either your modem isn??™t connected properly or no driver is available to support the modem.
If the modem wasn??™t detected, you should determine whether it is a modem supported in Linux.
You can do this by finding out what type of chip set is used in the modem. This is even more
important than finding out the manufacturer of the modem because the same manufacturer can
use chips from different companies. (This applies primarily to internal modems because most
external serial modems and many USB modems are supported in Linux.)
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After you have determined the chip set being used, check Linmodems.org??™s Web site (www
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