I used minicom fairly extensively when first setting up ppp. I think it would be worth your time to download that perhapd from win 95 and install it. Then you can check if your modem is installed right. Mine is on an odd port and interrupt (I don't remember which now) but I never had to worry about that interrupt, since it is consistent for a given com port. I just told the software (ppp or minicom) what serial device to use (you can set up a singe device pointing to the correct device if you wish). If you have your modem dialing than there are some other tricks that will be useful to know. Exactly how far along the process are you?
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, smorrill wrote: > Ok, guys, I give... > > I have a base installation running from floppies (ver 1.3) on a 586 > sharing a hard drive with win95. Everything works as it should, so > far. I'm trying to get ppp running so I can ftp the packages I need. > I'm a real newbie to linux, and I'm not understanding the setup process > for my modem, an external usr 33.6 voice/fax (not a "winmodem"). I know > my modem is on com 2 / irq 3. Do I need to make a link somewhere in > /dev to get things rolling? When I do a dmesg it shows both serial > ports... > > I've tried reading the howto and other documentation, but it seems I'm > getting myself more confused by the minute. Can anybody direct me thru > the sequence to get this thing running? I hear a lot of talk about > minicom, but I don't have it yet. > > I think I got most of the IP stuff in right when I did the install, so I > think all I need to get done is get my modem operable & get ppp > configured to get to my isp... > > Help please! > > TIA > > -- > Steve Morrill > > > Reply to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Pub key id: 0xF2459FCD > Debian LINUX.... Where I really want to go today! > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
