Re: [expert] Re: modem

[John Aldrich]

On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Dec 1999,  ibi wrote:
> > I have an external USRobotics Sportster 56k that isn't being recognized.
> > Does anyone have a suggestion? 
> 
> External modems aren't "recognized".  What is happening to you
> is that your external serial port is not working or is not
> properly set up.  Start by going to the BIOS and making sure
> your serial port is enabled on the proper i/o and irq.  Generally
> speaking, you want to use COM2 (cua1), on irq=3, and you
> want to use a hard setting rather than "auto", and do not use
> PNP.  Different BIOSes will call these things by different names.
> 
One correction: Under the later revisions of Linux, Com
ports are listed as ttySx instead of cuax.
        John