On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:52 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Charlie wrote: > > I have an external Maestro Woomera 56k modem through a USB to Serial that > > KPPP won't touch, the device is ttyUSB0 and I can't enter that so that it > > works in KPP. But then I was on Mandrake 10.0 > > > > Charlie. > > On 10.0, the way around that would have been to create a symlink for it. > > ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/modem > > Then just use /dev/modem in KPPP > > In 10.1 and 10.2, if it isn't handled automaticly for you, then you > would need to create a udev rule for it, to create the link "on the > fly"... But if the USB to serial adapter isn't working with the modem, > then that has to be fixed first. > > Mikkel
Thanks Mikkel, I actually got the modem to dial a couple of times, but once disconnected because pppd wouldn't come in, the line was dropped or I turned off the modem, then wouldn't dial again. So I have been using windows for months. This on an Acer 1355LC lappy, because of power restriction............ solar panels batteries etc.. Googled and read for months, and got nowhere close to connecting in Mandrake Anyway, I tried Debian Sarge that was sent to me some weeks ago, by a friend, and I could connect with pon. I was rapt, and so am using Debian at the moment. Finds the USB to RS232 cable, and modem hanging on the end of it, on any USB port, and runs like butter off a hot fry pan. So using Linux again for the Internet. Pretty neat. But thanks for that advice, I might even try that in Debian to use kppp. I may get back to Mandrake again in the future. Who knows? Be well, Charlie
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