Dial up connection

English Network/Internet
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Good morning,

I have recently installed 11.0 and I have a dial up connection :frowning: Below are the results of lspci and the Kinternet log. Kinternet is setup and appears to recognize my modem, but will not connect.

Can someone offer any suggestion as to how I can get my modem to work?

Thanks for your time!

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lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC’97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)(rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36.1 [GeForce FX 5700Ultra] (rev a1)
02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
02:0b.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)

Kinternet log

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.59_SVN16 on linux-0iu6.
Status is: disconnected
trying to connect to smpppd
connect to smpppd
Status is: disconnected
Status is: connecting
Status is: disconnected
pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)

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Did you turn on smpppd in Yast / System / Services? This is essential.

Did the modem work in another version of linux, so that you know it’s linux-compatible?

I would suggest looking into using an external serial modem, since according to your info it’s a winmodem.

You might get it to work, but you’ll probably save yourself a lot agony just getting an inexpensive generic external serial port model. If you don’t have a serial port, you can use a USB to Serial adapter. These are also very cheap and are plug and play in Suse.

Serial modems are generally also plug and play. I have a bunch of them lying around and you can get a used one dirt cheap or send away for one for less that $20 US.

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02:0b.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)

The above line from your lspci command may be a problem as foresthill said. The “Winmodems” require proprietary drivers that don’t exist in Linux, so your modem might not work.

You can use an external USB modem like the USRobotics USR5637 USB Faxmodem

A friend of mine uses one of these with his laptop and it works great with his OpenSUSE install.

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Thanks for the responses. I did some research and wanted to know if anyone has had any luck using linmodems.org to get their winmodem to work? If not, then it looks like I will need to invest in a new modem.

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I recall looking over that Linmodem site, but I probably spent combined weeks trying to get winmodems to work in Linux, and can say with confidence that it’s simply not worth anyone’s time.

Especially when you can just plop down 20 bucks for an external modem that will work as soon as you plug it in.

One caution though. Not all USB modems are Linux-compatible, so make sure anything you buy has been tested to be compatible. Serial modems generally are compatible though, so if you have a choice, go with a serial based one.

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All I remember about the “linmodem” site was that many people have had no luck getting Winmodems to work in Linux. You best bet is a new USB or Serial based modem. I’ve seen these referred to as “controller based” also.

The USR website lists the modem I posted a link to as being Linux compatible, btw.

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Index of /packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian

they have the sources for the Lucent Modems, with any luck - they will work with yours. When I was using LT modems, the martian drivers worked wonders… Lt is one of the FEW modems that do work in Linux.