[ltp] Smart Link modem issues

[Atul Chitnis]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Tomek Jarzynka wrote:

> and secondly, the modem behaves strangely. On Windows everything
> works fine, while on Linux I can connect one time out of 10 -
> all other attempts end with NO CARRIER. It looks as if the modem
> was more sensitive under Linux, but this is very annoying since 
> it doesn't even try to renegotiate (judging from the time), and
> every connection is charged 0.10EUR to establish.
> Did anyone else have similar trouble? I haven't tested the modem
> with other telephone exchanges (I believe I have a Siemens EWSD)
> yet. And yes, I have my country set correctly.

Heh - it's been almost a decade since I addressed issues of this kind, but 
I did write an article about it, so maybe it will help you now:

http://comversations.com/attic/1993-1996/comversations-24.php

Cheerio

Atul