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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:18 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5
Not meaning to butt in but if the modem in question is PCI and it is on Com5
in Windows then it needs to be set to ttyS3 in kppp. Cat /proc/pci should be
run, the appropriate setserial commands issued, and /etc/rc.d/rc.local
edited to reflect the settings.
Charles (-:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bascule
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Add a modem into com port 5
>
>
> dear herbert, i assume you are referring to kppp and are
> trying to set up
> your dialup connection?
>
> if so then if you are finding that /dev/ttyS4 is not listed
> as an option
> under kppp>setup>device then as /dev/modem is listed all you
> need to do is
> make /dev/modem a symlink to /dev/ttyS4 (which is the linux
> equivalent to com
> 5) and choose /dev/modem as your device
>
> if /dev/modem already exists then it probably is a symbolic
> link and you
> should check to see if it already points to /dev/ttyS4:
> #cd /dev
> #ls -l modem
>
> if it exists and points to something else i would be sure
> that your modem is
> on com 5 before proceeding
>
> to make the symlink:
> #cd /dev
> if /dev/modem exists then
> #rm modem
> either way then
> #ln -s /dev/ttyS4 modem
>
> bascule
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 3:29 am, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As you know by using "kpp" we can only add the modem into
> > com port 1 to port 4. Would you tell me how to add a modem
> > into the com port 5 ?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Herbert
>
>
