Modem woes in Linux-Abject failure to connect

[mdhome]

I know this may seem simple but has anyone in the UK used Mandrake 8 to connect to BTinternet?
Whenever I try, PPPD dials out to BT but seems to fail on authentication (error 16). The while process lasts between 10 and 30 seconds.


regards MD

[kewlcat]

Use minicom...

See the <a href="http://www.rt.com/man/minicom.1.html">minicom man page</a> for how to use minicom to diagnose your connection problem. All you need is a /dev/modem link to the right serial port. Then you can use minicom to dial out "ATDT <phone number>" and then try to authenticate manually, kinda like a telnet session. If this works, then we have to figure out how to make the Mandrake tools behave. If not, your ISP might need some special configuration wrt authentication.

HTH,
Rahul