Modem help
Sean Bruno
sean.bruno at dsl-only.net
Fri Feb 22 21:32:23 UTC 2008
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 16:29 -0500, max bianco wrote:
>
>
> 2008/2/22 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>:
>
> max bianco wrote:
> > Can someone point me to a good modem how to? I am trying to
> setup a
> > dial-in server and I cannot detect my modem but it is listed
> in lspci.
> > When i run wvdialconf i get no modem detected. I have tried
> several
> > different modems, lspci lists them but my configuration is
> obviously
> > lacking somewhere, i have used the setserial command but
> apparently not
> > correctly. i have read and followed several how to's but
> none by itself
> > seems complete. Can anyone help by pointing me to a good
> source for
> > modem config on Redhat and clones. I know not all modems
> are compatible
> > so a suggestion for an internal modem that is know to work
> is also
> > welcome. I have a lot of old internal modems lying around so
> one is
> > bound to be compatible. I have tried conextant, agere, ESS,
> and
> > smartlink internal modems. From what I understand I'd have
> better luck
> > with an external modem but I don't have one lying around
> so.....
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Max
> >
>
> Let me make sure I understand what you are trying to do. If I
> am
> reading things right, you want people to be able to dial into
> your
> machine, and log in (or make a ppp connection). If this is the
> case,
> you need to configure mgetty for the ports you want. You then
> need
> to create entries for each line in /etc/inittab. They used to
> include examples in inittab, but they do not any more. There
> are
> examples in the inittab man page. There is also a fair amount
> of
> documentation included in the gmetty package.
>
> Yes I want to be able to dial in and access the network. However I am
> having trouble dialing out from my f8 box as it does not detect the
> modem. The dial-in server is centos actually but it has the same
> problem, it cannot detect the modem that is installed. So I figure
> these as my first two hurdles, getting both boxes to recognize that
> they have modems then setting up the stuff you suggest with mgetty or
> do i have to configure mgetty to get my modem recognized in the first
> place? The mgetty config would only be needed on the machine i dial in
> to right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Max
>
>
> --
Can you post the output of lspci -vv for your modem please?
Sean
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