Re: Trying to get modem to work with Debian
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On Tuesday 18 November 2003 04:09 pm, JAMES MERRITT wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a US Robotics USR5699B PCI modem and I am trying to get it
> installed under Debian Woody. According to Windows, it is installed
> on COM5, IRQ 11.
>
> Under Debian, I had to create the com port as ttyS5, then use
> setserial /dev/ttyS5 irq 11. Then I tried using wvdial and that does
> not work, apparently it does not recognize the port. I don't
> remember the exact error messages. Since I am using KDE, I tried
> using kppp, but kpp does not give the choice of /dev/ttyS5.
>
> 1. Will this modem work under Debian or am I wasting my time?
> 2. If it will work, how do I get kppp to recognize /dev/ttyS5? Of
> more to the point, how do I get this modem to work?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help on this problem. I would like to move
> over to Linux as my main OS, if only I can get a modem for internet
> access. I knew I should have spent the extra $20 to get the other US
> Robotics modem that said it was also for Linux, but being unemployed
> at the moment, I am trying to save money...smile.
>
> James E. Merritt
> jamesem_99@yahoo.com
> jamesem@email.com
I don't own one but a quick google/linux search doesn't turn up any
hits, and the Windows reviews I read said it dosesn't work well in
Windows, Not a good sign for a Winmodem :) Zoom makes some inexpensive
'external' modems that work well in SDebian.
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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