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Re: Hardware Change .... How to update



Celejar wrote:
> 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.

Wvdial will scan your ports, find your modem, configure it automatically and
connect to the internet! There is a Wvdial guide [1] on the NewbieDOC wiki [2].

[1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Setting_up_a_serial_modem_using_Wvdial
[2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de

-- 
Chris.



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