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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Jason <joey1976au@yahoo.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 21:59:19 +0930

Re: Can someone please explain this dialing error?

On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 09:43:13PM +0930, Jason wrote:

 > do what fault finding you can on the hardware. If you have not had these
 > problems b4, and you havent changed your configs in smoothwall (double check
 > them... I found the defaults work quite well). Try a different serial cable,
 > or a different modem. then if that doesnt fix it you might also try a
 > different RJ-12 patch to the POP.
 
The error message said the connection wasn't 8-bit clean.  Perhaps one
of the ISPs modems (if they're using modems) is on an incorrectly 
configured serial port.  Or perhaps something is using your serial
port and reconfiguring it to 7-bit mode behind pppd's back.

This smells like a software fault, not a hardware fault.

 - mark

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