[Pine]

If i have this right kppp is a part of KDE so it should be relatively common.

Possibly someone could give me a hint in how to get kppp properly configured. At this point it just tells me that the modem is busy. If it makes a difference it is Knoppix Linux that i have been playing with.

The modem in this case is a ...

US Robotics 56k data/fax int pnp
005687-53
ISA on COM 3
full hardware modem using the Texas Instrument DSP D11647PGF chip

which according to this site http://www.xmodem.org/chipsets/ti/ti_d1164x.html should be fully supported.

As a guide i have been using...

http://www.hal-pc.org/~jsgil/kppp-setup/
and
http://tinyurl.com/3yf3em

As mentioned above, at this point it just tells me the modem is busy. On checking, i find the line clear. Any hint as to what that means that i need to check and reconfigure?

[Elvandil]

What port is the modem on? Are you configuring it as /Device/modem ?

[Pine]

It is on COM 3 the "Modem Device" setting is set as /dev/ttyS2

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Pine,

By default, in Linux, there is no symbolic link setup between
/dev/modem and /dev/ttyS0.

So, on bootup, you should issue as root (i.e. sudo -i) the following command:
# ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

This will tell Knoppix which device to point /dev/modem to. Then click K Menu->Knoppix->Network/Internet->/dev/modem connection setup to launch a configuration application which asks you a series of questions about how your modem is connected to the computer. Next, click K Menu->-Knoppix->Network/Internet->Modem Dialer to enter the phone number, username, and password for your dialup connection and connect.

-- Tom

[Pine]

Thank you

I am still bumbling.

" ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem "

Since my modem is on COM 3 which i understand to be /dev/ttyS2 do i use that in place of the /dev/ttS0 mentioned above or do i still use /dev/ttS0 there? I tried it both ways.

In the "/dev/modem connection setup my choices seem to be serial, USB, irda, bluetooth and winmodem. I am using an internal, hardware modem in an ISA slot. Of the ones i looked through, 'serial' was the only one that listed COM 3 so i tried that. Should i have tried something different, skipped that or gone with a different guess?

In the modem dialer setup should the "moden device" field be set to /dev/ttyS2 since the modem is on COM 3 or should it be set to /dev/modem because of this symbolic link that was set? I tried both.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Pine,

When you say your modem is setup on COM3 (assigned to /dev/ttyS2) - what tool are you using that gives you that information?

When I first setup my 56k modem to use with Linux, I have a dual boot system and was already using WinXP Pro SP2 with a USR 5686D external modem. That is how I bought my system. At that time, I used a guide off of the Internet to do the Linux ppp setup. I think it was this one:
Linux PPP HOWTO.

I am not sure how to answer you question with regard to /dev/ttyS2 vs /sev/ttyS0.

One problem I see is that you are using an intenal hardware modem, whereas all of the advice I have ever seen especially from my PC system vendor advises an external modem be used with Linux. That could be the problem, i.e. there may not be a compatible kernel driver for your internal modem with the Linux release.

It may be that the only way to get connected to the Internet for Linux will be to get yourself a compatible external modem. These days, I use an USR 5686E external modem.

However, with whatever Linux distro you are using, I would visit the distro website and look for modem information, i.e. compatible internal modems with the distro release or whether they recommend external modems.

I could be wrong about all of this, so, good luck in what you find out.

-- Tom

[briealeida]

I know it's Gentoo but does any of the info in here help you out: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_connect...and_sprint_pcs ?

[Pine]

Thank you.

The COM 3 is where it shows up in windows. Maybe i got the wrong impression but i thought that meant that it would translate to being on /dev/ttyS2 in linux.

On the distro site the only reference to modems that i have found so far concerns winmodems and links to a linux/modem site. That site claims that the modem i am using is a fully compatible hardware modem but does not mention what version of kernel it was tested with.

I was under the impression that winmodems were the only ones that were that difficult or impossible to set up. Now i am seeing statements like "Both internal (hardware) and winmodems will not work with Linux afaik. It takes an external modem to work with Linux."

It sounds like i should put it aside until i can dig through the boxes of PC parts to see if any of the spare modems are external.

Again, thank you.



thanks briealeida, i'll take a peak at it.