Dan Brown wrote:

> From: Pliler Main Unit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I didn't hAVe a modem (except USB), now I put an external
> > serial port modem on and tried to go back to KPPP, and query
> > the modem, it said it couldn't find one.
>
>     Which port is your modem attached to?  Which device is kppp set to
> use for the modem?  Most likely, kppp is set to use /dev/modem.  If so,
> you've got two choices.  First, you can change kppp to use
> /dev/ttyS[com-1] for the modem, where [com-1] is one less than the com
> port number where the modem's attached--if your modem is on com3:, you'd
> use /dev/ttyS2.  The second option is to do this as root:
>
> # cd /dev
> # rm modem
> # ln -s ttyS[com-1] modem
>
>     Either way, this should set kppp up to use your modem on the correct
> port.

Another way is to open a terminal and type "modemtool" at the prompt. This
lets you assign /dev/modem to the actual port of the serial modem.
Choose from:

/dev/cua0    com1
/dev/cua1    com2
/dev/cua2    com3
/dev/cua3    com4

Gilbert

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