modem installation

[Lars]

hi

i don't use a modem myself, but
maybe http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
and http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html helps.

best
lars



Nina Pham wrote:

> anyone please help me to install the Robotics Sporters Fax/Modem w/ X2
> 56K on FC2. The robotics website just have the installation guild on
> windows. I connected that external modem to serial port ssty0, and try
> to configure that using add new hardware at system-config-network but
> after I added the modem, it said inactive. I also tried to reboot the
> system after connected the modem, but it didn't find the new hardware at
> boot time.
> 
> Nina
> 
>