[AuckLUG] Re: Dialup problem with dialup to Xtra - solved

[Ken Lomax]

Judging from the "Sunday" TV report on channel one tonight, StupidMode=yes
seems rather apt



> Hi everyone
>
> The solution to the above problem was to set StupidMode='yes'
>
> We hit upon this solution by comparing 2 similar machines where the ihug
> connection still worked while the Xtra connection failed.
> We found that using the ihug connection and changing Id, phone number,
> and password, everything worked OK when connecting to Xtra.
>
> On SuSE Linux, this is all configured by Yast(2).
> On the 2 laptaps I found that yast reads from provider configurations
> stored in /opt/kde/share/apps/kppp/Providers.
> When you select a Provider from Yast's modem setup dialogue, it uses the
> files in the Providers directory to set the properties for the chat
> scripts. After you have filled in the fields and marched through the
> tabbed dialogues it finally writes to /etc/sysconfig/networks/Providers.
> By diffing these files, we were able to spot the key difference:
> StupidMode='yes' v StupidMode='no'
>
> Apparently Xtra have changed something which requires this to be
> switched.
>
> When I reported this to my friend in Whakatane, he said that his 1st
> attempts at connection in a motel had failed with a BUSY response
> (despite the fact that he was getting a seemingly normal ring tone when
> he used the telephone), but a later attempt at a private home in
> Whakatane worked OK, and he had not changed his laptop configuration.
>
> All this suggests to me that either Telecom or Xtra are fiddling with
> things and not telling anybody, even their own people.
>
> Anyway, if you are using modems to dial up on Linux systems, be aware
> that configurations which used to work 'out of the box' in the past with
> Xtra may not work now, and that changing StupidMode may be the fix.
>
> regards
> John O'Gorman
>
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