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I have got Suse 8.0 by using a modem (US Robotics 56K Faxmodem Ext).

During connection i got the error 16. I tried it under RedHat and Mandrake too.....same problem. What can i do ?

Thanx...a lot...

Logfile:

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd), Version 0.73 on zuhause.
wwwoffle not is running
Selection of interface/provider "ppp0"/"Arcor (1)" succeeded.
Starting connection. (2002-12-31 15:21:17 CET)
pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded.
pppd: Perms of /dev/ttyS1 are ok, no 'mesg n' neccesary.
pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42
pppd: --> Initializing modem.
pppd: --> Sending: ATZ
pppd: ATZ
pppd: OK
pppd: --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
pppd: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
pppd: OK
pppd: --> Sending: ATM1
pppd: ATM1
pppd: OK
pppd: --> Modem initialized.
pppd: --> Sending: ATDT0192070
pppd: --> Waiting for carrier.
pppd: ATDT0192070
pppd: CONNECT 50666/ARQ
pppd: --> Carrier detected. Chatmode finished.
pppd: Serial connection established.
pppd: using channel 1
pppd: Using interface ppp0
pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
]
pppd: Hangup (SIGHUP)
pppd: Modem hangup
pppd: Connection terminated.
pppd died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code 16)

Are you seeing any errors in your error log (/var/log/messages)?

See the two of many modem problems I found with a search on Goggle of "modem exit code 16"

SuSE modem problem Redhat modem problem