Modem help

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

max bianco wrote:
> 
> 
> 2008/2/22 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com 
> <mailto:mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>>:
> 
>     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?
> 
Yes, you only need mgetty on the machine you are dialing into. But 
you are correct, you need to get the modem recognized as the first 
step. I am used to using external modems for this - that way, if the 
modem hangs in a strange mode, you can reset it without rebooting 
the machine. (I have had more then one modem fail to reset properly 
after a call.)

Mikkel
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