Re: Hardware Change .... How to update
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:04:26 -0700 (PDT)
Khurram Pirzada <kmpirzada@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Previously I had Lucent "winmodem", which is NOT supported in GNU/Debian or any
> linux. So I have changed and brought 2 new: 1) Apache CONEXANT 2) US Robotics, which
> are both hardware based. Since my understanding of linux is that of novice, I assume
> that at the time of installation, debian detects hardware and lists them in some
> file. And unlike Windows, its NOT PnP. So I would like to ask:
>
> What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for 56k connection?
> It is internal PCI-based. If in any case it might help, it is
> US Robotics, A-Modem/PCI, USR90-11, E124323.1
>
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
Hardware modems don't need drivers. Install minicom and see if you can
talk to the modem; it should be something like /dev/ttys0. For USR
modems, the 'ATIn' (n is a single digit) [0] commands are helpful. If
you can talk to it, then the next thing to do is to configure whatever
software you plan to use with the modem.
Celejar
[0] http://www.pcs-computing.com/support/3com_modem_cmds.html
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