Just in case others are also making use of the answers on this list: the
correct link is www.linmodems.org.
And thanks, Ken, as that gives me a point to start from! :)
Jos
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:34 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: setting up a modem device
>
>
> Jos Elkink wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got a little question. I am not too lazy to find the
> answer myself,
> >but have no clue this time where to start looking or what
> search terms
> >to search on on the internet. So, if anyway can point me in the right
> >direction ...
> >
> >The problem:
> >
> >I have a laptop, a Toshiba 2060 CDS, with, obviously, Debian
> Linux on it
> >(Sarge). Now I would like to connect to the internet, so I
> need to find
> >the device for the modem.
> >
> >The command lspci lists the modem, so I can find the address
> as listed
> >there.
> >
> >My question is, how do I find out what file in /dev points
> to the modem
> >port? (Or more in general, how do you find out where a device file
> >points to?)
> >
> >And if none points to the modem, how do I create a file in /dev (e.g.
> >/dev/modem) pointing at a specific address? And do I need info other
> >than what is given in lspci?
> >
> >Any help would be very welcome, especially as to how I find
> the answer
> >in this kind of cases ...
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Jos
> >jelkink@cantr.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Chances are real good that your modem is a "win-modem", and
> won't work
> "right out of the box" no matter what you do in /dev.
>
> I'd recommend you go to www.linuxmodems.org and see if you can search
> that sight for you specific modem. It's fairly likely that
> you can get
> it to work if it's a Lucent chipset. If it's a different
> chipset, your
> chances are probably considerably decreased, but not
> eliminated altogether.
>
> Kent
>