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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, rvijay07 wrote:

> Yes, turning off the computer seems to work. I tried it three times. The 
> third time, it hung on the first try. I ran pppsetup again to verify all the 
> info. and it worked. So basically I am assuming that things are OK. If 
> anything else in this regard comesup I will share in this list.

> When ppp-on was hanging, I did a ctrl-c and then typed ps, no new 
> prceosses showedup. Also, when I did a ppp-off, it said ppp not active.

Useful information.  Something that is not ppp is keeping the modem from 
dialing so ppp-off is not helping here.

> How come turning of the PC before every boot is helping ? I would like 
> to know the reason. Please explain.

I suspect your modem is not going 'on-hook' when you type ppp-off.
I have one modem that will not dial unless I first tell it to go onhook 
with ath0 and then dial.  (Even if I turn it off and on again first).
If it is not 'on-hook' the dialing program may think it is busy and refuse 
to dial.

Try adding to the end of your script on the first page of pppsetup 
(eznet.conf)

0 init1 ath0

This might accomplish the same thing as turning off the power to the 
computer and modem, and let you dial with ppp-on.

I have another modem that won't dial unless I first tell it manually ath1 
(go off-hook).  Modems can be odd.

> Thanks.
>
> Vijay