On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Hugo GONZALEZ wrote:
>I finally made my modem to dial. I couldn't connect to my ISP though, but before I do
>anything else I'll check if there is something with their server (it has happened
>before).
>
>It was right under my nose! I just read thoroughly the docs in the mand
Contrary to what others have told you, there is a step involved..
Assuming that Lothar reported your modem correctly, go to the console, or
Xterm and type this...
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem
This creates a symbolic link so that programs know where the modem is...
Now while still in the Xterm,
Hugo GONZALEZ wrote:
> but how do I mount my modem?
Hmm, I dunno, and I don't think you need to know either, I suspect that
is handled by Linux. The way I got my modem working was by playing
around with Minicom. Once you have control of the modem thru Minicom,
you should graduate to PPP :>
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