Hi BluesMan
First you need to look at /var/log/messages to see if your modem is
getting detected on boot, and what port it is on. You should see ne or
more lines like
Feb 9 13:19:15 kanga kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Feb 9 13:19:15 kanga kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Now thsi means my machine has two serial ports. ttyS0 is com1 under
windows and ttyS1 is com2 under windows.
If you have one of these lines, you are probably fine.
As root, run the program 'minicom'. It will initialize itself, and if it
is using the right serial port, you will see AT commands on the screen. If
not, do
ctrl-a o
and choose 'Serial Port Setup'. Choose A, and change it to one of the
other /dev/ttyS* numbers. You can save the settings as default and stop
and start minicom, or just do
ctrl-a m
to initalize the modem. When you have the right device, you will see at
commands on the screen, and if you type 'atz' it should respond with a
setting string.
Anyway, once you determine the right device, this is what you enter for
you modem in the linuxconf settings. Most of the tiem I just make a sym
link to it like this
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem
for example to make /dev/modem be another name for /dev/ttyS1
The is a modem HOWTO and a serial HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO as well.
hth
charles
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, BluesMan wrote:
> how do i make sure that my modem is working under linux??
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Galpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 07/ذو القعدة/1420 05:39 م
> Subject: Re: PPP connection
>
>
> >use the program 'linuxconf' as root to set this up.
> >
> >navigate to Config->Networking->Client Tasks->PP/SLIP/PLIP and add a PPP
> >connection. It works just like you would under win95 - enter a phone
> >number, etc, choose PAP, and give your isp username and password. Select
> >the checkbox that says a regular user can control the connection.
> >
> >Then to start the connection do
> >
> >/sbin/ifup ppp0
> >
> >and to stop it
> >
> >/sbin/ifdown ppp0
> >
> >hth
> >charles
> >
> >On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, BluesMan wrote:
> >
> >> hi everybody oout there using red hat linux 6.0
> >> i am new to this Linux,,,and i would really apperciate some help about
> establishing a pp connection to the internet,,,,
> >> i don't have a winmodem,,my modem is 33600,,,so i guess there may not be
> a problem with the modem
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