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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=148454205-02052002>One
thing I did in an effort to see if I couldn't sort the problem is edit my
settings so that in /etc/ppp/ip-down.local contains the
line:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002>hcfstop</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=148454205-02052002>then,
my dial script starts with the first line being:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002>modprobe hcfserial</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=148454205-02052002>I got
less problems doing it this way, maybe it could help you as
well??</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002>regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=148454205-02052002>Frank</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> hcflinux-admin@lists.mbsi.ca
[mailto:hcflinux-admin@lists.mbsi.ca]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Edward
Hoohenkerk<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 2 May 2002 6:17 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pmg@abecom.co.uk; hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca<BR><B>Cc:</B>
pmg@abecom.co.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hcflinux] Problem with HCF
modem<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I had the same problems, I too had to run
hcfconfig everytime before connecting. My modem has the same specifications as
yours (same device,vendor)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>It all vanished like snow for the sun with
the latest drivers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Edward</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pmg7@lineone.net
href="mailto:pmg@abecom.co.uk">pmg@abecom.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca
href="mailto:hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca">hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=pmg@abecom.co.uk
href="mailto:pmg@abecom.co.uk">pmg@abecom.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hcflinux] Problem with
HCF modem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks very much Edward and Bob for your
replies (below).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did not get as far as trying these
suggestions, but stumbled on the solution while preparing to do
so. I ran hcfconfig again while trying to find out
how to configure the modem as "smarthcf", and was
astonished to find that merely re-running hcfconfig had made the problems go
away. But they reappeared the following day. And
they disappeared again when I ran hcfconfig for the third
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have re-booted a number of times
since then to confirm what is happening: After a re-boot of
Linux, it consistently fails in the way I described, until hcfconfig has
been run again, after which it consistently succeeds. So for some
reason, it is necessary to run hcfconfig every time Linux is
re-booted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There seems to be another intermittent problem
when a successful connection is finally disconnected. On two
occasions, the connection failed to clear until I logged out.
On one occasion the whole system hung and eventually I had to power it
down. Perhaps these are problems with kppp, and not with the modem
driver.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, this is all quite encouraging.
The modem works fast and with no apparent problems while connected, and on
one occasion I used it continuously for nearly an hour.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter G</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=edwardh@uwnet.nl href="mailto:edwardh@uwnet.nl">Edward
Hoohenkerk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pmg@abecom.co.uk
href="mailto:pmg@abecom.co.uk">pmg@abecom.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hcflinux] Problem with
HCF modem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Try the latest drivers and configure the
modem as "smarthcf"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Let me know if it works.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Edward</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>have you tried making a connection using minicom - might give more of
a<BR>clue what's coming back down the wire<BR>Bob<BR>-- <BR>robert w
hall<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pmg7@lineone.net
href="mailto:pmg@abecom.co.uk">pmg@abecom.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca
href="mailto:hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca">hcflinux@lists.mbsi.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=pmg@abecom.co.uk
href="mailto:pmg@abecom.co.uk">pmg@abecom.co.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 8:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [hcflinux] Problem with
HCF modem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a 'Best Data' modem with HCF
chipset (Vendor 14F1, device 1085, rev_08), under Redhat
7.1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using the driver download dated 13 April, I
had no trouble with the installation or with hcfconfig (including
changing the country code to UK).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It dials the number of the
ISP but fails every time without making connection.
Sometimes it reports NO CARRIER. Sometimes it just hangs. The modem
works OK under Windows95 to dial the same ISP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone suggest what may be
wrong? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter G</FONT></DIV>
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