blacklisted msg in ppp.log

[Ceri Davies]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 01:23:14PM +0200, DJ Boris wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> I sometimes get the following in my ppp.log
> ===========================================================
> Apr 26 13:19:02 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Send: ATE1Q0^M
> Apr 26 13:19:02 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Expect(5): OK
> Apr 26 13:19:02 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Received: ATE1Q0^M^M
> Apr 26 13:19:02 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Received: OK^M
> Apr 26 13:19:02 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Send: ATDTxxxxxxxxxxxxx^M
> Apr 26 13:19:04 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Expect(40): CONNECT
> Apr 26 13:19:04 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Received: ATDTxxxxxxxxxxxx^M^M
> Apr 26 13:19:04 fbsd ppp[47]: tun0: Chat: Received: BLACKLISTED^M
> ===========================================================
> 
> and the modem never dials.
> 
> what does BLACKLISTED mean?

It means that you've failed to connect to that number X amount of times,
and so the modem is refusing to dial it.

You need to check the docs on your modem for instructions on resetting the
modem, and perhaps disabling this feature.

Ceri
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