hd_harry
join:2007-11-16
Cerritos, CA
| I haven't replied to your response until now because I wanted to wait until I got back to Southern California to see if I could make a dial-up connection using Linux. Normally, I use my DSL connection when I'm in Southern California. I'm back in Southern California, and I can make a dial-up connection from Linux. That's what I'm doing now.
I've attached a portion of the log file that my Linux system creates, which includes the messages between my system and DSL Extreme while dial-up connections are being negotiated. There are three snippets: February 2008 from Phoenix, when I made a successful connection; May 2008 from Phoenix, when I could no longer make a connection from Linux; and today from Southern California where I can make a successful connection from Linux. If you review the attachment, you will see that the prompts from DSL Extreme have changed between February and May for the Phoenix connection. What I believe is another difference is that in addition to the normal squawks that the modem makes while the connection is being established, there are also two "dongs" that I hear in the middle of the normal squawks. I don't recall hearing them in February, and I don't hear them today from my Southern California connection.
Therefore, I conclude that DSL Extreme has made some change in the way the dial-up connection in the Phoenix area is negotiated. I would certainly like to know what that change is so that I can modify the Linux dial-up script that I use while I'm in Phoenix.
Thanks,
Harry |
