Wayne Topa wrote: > Subject: Connecting to the Net > Date: Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 10:42:03PM +1000 > > In reply to:Andrew J Fortune > > Quoting Andrew J Fortune([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > This is another newbie question..... > > > > I am trying to connect to the Net. I have run PPPConfig, hopefully > > successfully, and have then tried to run PON. I got the following message : > > > > /usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option > > '/dev/modem' > > > > Obviously there is no entry for my modem, but how do I fix it ? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > regards, > > Andrew J Fortune > > > > > When pppconfig ashed for a provider, you put in your isp name, right? > Then try this pon your_isp_name Let us know if that fixes it. > > -- > You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on > the continuing viability of FORTRAN. > -- Alan Perlis > _______________________________________________________ > Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
/dev/modem is a "generic" term for where your modem actually is. You can solve this in one of two ways: 1) make a symlink named /dev/modem that points to your actual modem (not recommended, because the system then can't place a lock on the modem to prevent two people/processes from trying to use it at the same time), and 2) modifying the provider file to point to the modem. #2 is the better route; simply change the "/dev/modem" to /dev/ttyS[0-3]", where [0-3] is the number of the "com port" your modem is on (the Windows Com port number minus one). You may run into similar problems with a serial mouse; some config files may point to /dev/mouse when it should point to /dev/ttyS[0-3].
