Re: How to intall a Modem in Linux
Hi. I had an accident: I removed /dev/ttys1 (how stupid I am).
How can I create it again, so I can symlink to modem and use ezppp?
I think this is the right way, isn't it? The configurations of ezppp only show modem,
cua1, cua2 ....
I think cua1, cua2... are the name of the serial devices in another linux
distribution. Am I right?
Thanx.
Brad wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
>
> > > I have a problem with installing an US Robotics 56K Internal Modem in a Linux
> > > system (Slink Debian 2.01). The vendor assure me it is not a WinModem. How to
> > > install it ? It Your suggestions are highly appreciated.
> >
> > If it's not, then you just stick it into the computer (ISA card? PnP
> > modem, maybe?), go to Windows and get teh settings, like DMA, IRQ, Com
> > port.
>
> You don't technically need to go into Windoze to get the settings. If it's
> not PnP, you just set the jumpers properly. If it is, you'll probably need
> to use isapnptools anyway, and that _can_ be done without reference to
> Windows at all (pnpdump --config is good, but make sure the serial ports
> aren't in use.)
>
> > Then come back to Linux and either :
> > 1. If just a plain serial modem (doubt that, though), you can run
> > pppconfig and direct the ppp to right Com port. (Com1 is /dev/ttyS0, Com2
> > is /dev/ttyS1 and so on).
>
> Some new modems can be configured with jumpers to be either PnP or
> non-Pnp. For example, the 3com Model 5687-03 i bought a few weeks ago. I
> chose to specify IRQ and serial (COM) port with the jumpers, so i wouldn't
> have to make a new isapnp.conf...
>
> Also, before this, you may need to use setserial to tell the kernel which
> IRQ and port address the modem is using. In my case, i put the modem on
> IRQ 5, and the default for ttyS2 is IRQ 4, so i had to reconfigure that.
> Also, i had to tell bios that IRQ 5 was used by a "Legacy ISA" card before
> Linux could contact it...
>
> > 2. If pnp modem, use isapnp to initialize the modem and then use
> > pppconfig.
> > Or I prefer to use wvdial to initialize modem. It provides better
> > explanations and access, somewhat.
>
> i used wvdialconf to find the modem and make sure it was working, and to
> get a good init string. But if i use wvdial to try dialing in, pppd dies
> complaining the remote computer needs to provide a secret password or
> somehting like that. Since pon works fine, i just use that.
>
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