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Re: Modem



> This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-)

There are no stupid questions - just stupid answers - like this one.  :-)

> I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's 
> all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do but not 
> much about why you're doing it. I'll work that all out with other FAQ's, etc 
> eventually, so thats not the problem.
> 
> It mentioned /dev/modem, which I don't appear to have. Have I missed a package 
> somewhere? Help!

It's usually just a symlink to the appropriate /dev/ttyS? device.  But my 
preference is to not use this, since it could lead to problems with locking
the device.

Cheers,

 - Jim


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