Re: tlug: PPP for Dummies :-)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Eric Standlee and Family wrote:

> Thanks Mr. Schweizer and everyone for your continued, warm help.
> 
> I admit that this serial port business is new to me as I used to only deal
> with Unix off ethernet.
> 
> I have found out that I am really having a problem with Linux talking to my
> modem.  This quote is from my dmesg:
> tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> 
> With this information, can someone tell me which device I should be using? 
> Ie. /dev/modem linked to /dev/ttyS0 .  And, what should the permissions be
> on that device?  I think that I have tried these but I still don't get
> minicom, or anything for that matter to talk to the modem.  PPPD kicks out
> with a tty error when I run pon.  Can it be, I hope not, that my modem
> cannot be used with Linux?  It recognizes it on boot at two different irqs.
>  It is a DSDV fax/modem.  I know it is silly, but my manuals don't tell me
> who the maker is.  It is the modem on the 166Mhz Sony VAIO in case anyone
> has this same computer or has a friend who does...

If it's given that you have 2 serial ports in the computer (ttyS0 and
ttyS1), and you know that /dev/ttyS0 doesn't work... have you tried
linking /dev/ttyS1 to /dev/modem and seeing if Minicom can talk to it
there?? 

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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