Modem help
max bianco
maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 21:58:00 UTC 2008
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Sean Bruno <sean.bruno at dsl-only.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> -
Here you go and thanks for the help.
01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 08)
Subsystem: Aztech System Ltd Dell Mercury - MDP3880-U(B) Data Fax Modem
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Thanks,
Max
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