On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 11:33:08AM -0600, Brent Hueth wrote: > > Ok, got my new debian system up and running at work (yahoo!!), now i'm > trying to do the same at home. Everything seems to have installed > properly, but i can't get my modem to respond. I tried a cat > /dev/ > ttyS1 atdt## to see if i could get a response, and nothing. I'm sure > that the modem is on comm2, and that it works, because my wife is able to > connect to our ISP on the windows side of the machine (I'm not doing a > very good job of convincing her that she should abandon the dark > side :)). Any suggestions?
Well the line should be `echo atdt### > /dev/ttyS1` One thing you need to be sure of that the modem is not classified as a WinModem which means that it wont work under Linux. If you post the make and model, some one should be able to tell you if it is or isn't. -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation
