On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:13:50PM +0200, Brandon Peirce wrote: > lauri.kasanen wrote: > > For the modem, you will at least have to configure which phone number to > dial > and what kind of connection (PPP, SLIP, or simply a terminal access). > There are > too many possibilities to describe here without knowing exactly what you > want > to do with the modem (besides, I haven't used a modem in 8 years so I don't > remember that well!). I suggest a good starting point for you would be to > visit > The Linux Documentation Project (tldp.org) and grab yourself a copy of the > Serial HOWTO document.
Your best friend in getting the modem to work will be wvdial. Seems to me a lot of the newer distros don't include a lot of support for modems, and presume there are no poor schmucks out here in the sticks stuck with dialup..... Msg me off-list if you need more help with the modem. Scott Swanson Pendroy, Montana. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
