> thanks for the overwhelming response!! i am out of the university where > they had the ethernet NIS etc ..but i learnt a lot over the week than over > the past week there!! . and now I am facing problems with PCMCIA > PPP)dial-up protocol).. when I try vwdial(or wvdial) i get an error saying > that there was an input/output error.. but i remember that when i > installed debian the modprobe detected the PCMCIA card modem right ... > there are two PCMCIA cards on this laptop and one is a ethernet and the > other is the modem ... now i have these questions ...
In my limited experience with PCMCIA based modems, as long as card services is properly assigning it an IRQ that is not conflicted, various dialing software (like wvdial) is simply able to recognize it. Generally the card services also announce which ttyS number it got assigned, as a console message when you insert the card. That your ethernet and modem are seperate cards is probably good in this case, as it's a bit less confusing. > do I have to set-up any COM ports etc on which the modem is > communicating ??or do I have to do any more configurations other than what > the install script/program has done to configure PCMCIA > dial-up(dial-out)??? wvdialconf (if I am remembering it correctly) should autodetect the modem and setup /etc/wvdial.conf for you. You might have to give it the filename as a parameter. wvdial also needs some ISP details to be set up, as well. Its documentation is okay for this, but you'll want to be familiar with a text editor. With most dialup ISPs the IP address you get is dynamic, assigned by the other side when your call completes the handshake. me, I am lazy, K has a nice dialer which has tended to work... but that's about where my ability to help you ends, as I usually have ethernet. > any himts on this please!! > > thanks, > praveen kamath Best of luck * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
