Re: Modem

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Ruth Corran <ruthc@maths.usyd.edu.au> writes:

> i have been playing the same game, getting minicom to actually
> find my modem, and just succeeded. however now although 
> the modem will dial up, the connection is so slow that i 
> get timed out before the login screen of my provider has
> appeared! any hints from anyone out there?

This can be caused by IRQ conflicts.  Does the "AT" prompt come up
immediately after you type "OK" and Enter?  Does "cat
/proc/interrupts" while minicom is running show a large number for
"serial"?

Is minicom set to a high enough speed?

You might want to look at /etc/rc.boot/0setserial.

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