[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Xander D Harkness]

Dermot Moynihan wrote:

> Anybody have any idea what being blacklisted by wvdial means? Any 
> ex-blacklistees  out there?
> I was quite happy all day occcasionally using wvdial to get me on the 
> Internet. Later on in the day I was unable to get on coz of onetel.net 
> being oversubscribed or something. Instead of a dial tone I get a 
> drone sound. Anyway I'd press Ctrl+C to disconnect and get rid of the 
> drone and then run wvdial again. I must have done this about five 
> times when I suddenly got a message saying "BLACKLISTED".
> Nothing I tried could get me beyond that message. It wouldn't dial 
> anymore. I tried logging on as root, as a different user. To no avail. 
> Switched hard/drives to use Windows and after the same performance 
> (i.e. droning) I finally got on after about 7 goes. 7 goes is about 
> par for the course with Onetel.net that's why I kept wvdial's nose to 
> the metal. Unfortunately, it's rebelled. My little knowledge tells me 
> this is probably a security thing. That's where my knowledge ends.
> I've rooted around on the Internet and found a little - the 
> interesting bits are in German. My prowess with that is on a par with 
> my Linux knowledge.
> Any ideas? And maybe a suggestion as to how I can get wvdial to ignore 
> the number of consecutive times I ask it to dial out, at least until I 
> jettison onetel.net. 

I would try signing up for a free account for zoom.co.uk.

I realise that you have to pay for the phone charges, it would however 
allow you to judge whether it is you, onetel or something else.

I have never found zoom engaged and always get a good connection using them.

Kind regards
Xander

>
> Much appreciated
> Dermot
>
>


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