First, you can use modemtool to tell Linux where to find your modem, but you
must know to which COM port the modem is conected (modemtool will show you the
DOS equivalents on the same line with the Linux designations).
If your modem is a PnP device, it may not be using the same resources as it
does in Wondows (although it is possible that it will, you can not coun on it).
>From what I have read when setting up my modem, if at all possible, turn off
the PnP feature and manually assign the resources it will use (you can use the
resource information from Win9x for this), You will then need to remove the
modem in Win9x, then use Add New Hardware in Controle panel to install the COM
port, then install the modem again. It's a bit of putzing around, but it made my
modem work better in Win9x, and it was easier to set it up in Linux.
Then you need to set up either ppp in Linuxconfig, or KPPP in the KDE desktop
to connect to your ISP. You will need your username, password, and the ISP's
DNS address(es).
HTH,
Ernie
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,John Aldrich wrote:
| On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote:
| > I have a USRobotics pnp ISA int modem. My objective is to be able to
dial into an ISP.
| >
| > Now, I've gone over a pile of word-gravel (a.k.a. HOWTOs) and I don't
want to know what a modem is or what a com port is or the | > history
of so and so...
| >
| > Where can I go to get the straight answer on how to get my modem to dial
up my ISP? How do you get it to recognize the modem? How
| > do you assign the com port to the modem?
| >
| Ok...it should work under Linux. I hate to say this, but we
| HAVE to know which com port it is set up for in order to
| get it to work under LInux.
| John
