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<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>
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<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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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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