On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 03:56:57PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed a Hayes compatible (external/serial) modem on my Red Hat > Linux 8.0 box and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make the ^%$#@ > thing work! > > I tried putting the Mac CD that came with the device in the drive, but the > system doesn't recognize the CD (however when I put the Windows version of the > disk in the drive it DOES "see" that one! And yes, I tried running the > installation software, for that disk, using "./" and all the possible executables > that > were available). Well, those are Windoze files, anyway, so how would they do you any good for Linux?
> I've tried running the Intenet Connection Wizard, but when I get to the
> dialog that asks for the ISP, there's no option for the USA.
I have a RH8 box here, but it doesn't have a modem in it. However,
the internet setup wizard doesn't REQUIRE you to choose a country.
You should just ignore the country list and enter the appropriate
ISP settings.
> I've tried scouring the documentation both for Red Hat AND the modem and
> there's NOTHING (useful) about how do set up this modem.
Sounds like a plain generic external serial modem, so they're pretty
much all the same.
> I'vre tried www.modems.com, AT commands, www.redhat.com/support, I even tried
> CALLING RedHat, but all to no avail.
>
> Can someone PLEASE in PLAIN ENGLISH tell me how I'm supposed to get a modem
> to work on my RedHat 8.0 Linux computer? And PLEASE don't send me to any more
> "information" (or LACK of information) sites. I need someone to tell me
> STEP-BY-STEP how to do this. Thank you!
Well, first thing is figure out which serial port it's connected to.
if it's on (what windoze calls) COM1, that's /dev/ttyS0 for Linux. Knowing
that, do this:
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
and of course if it's COM2, do this instead:
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem
having done that, you should be able to go click on the internet
setup button and follow the directions, using /dev/modem as the
serial port.
>
> Andre---
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