On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 10:11:56PM +1000, Paul Maloney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's the pest again, sorry for being such a pest, but I have tried everything that I
> know and have had no success connecting to internet.
Dont worry about that.
>
> My ISP who is austarnet suggested that I check my modem drivers
I have a problem with ISP people refering to "drivers" automatically
as they are tow possible different modems:
* winmodems (which do need drivers and usually only work inn Windows)
* Comport based modems (which do not required drivers at all other
then the correct setup strings)
What type of modem do you have?
* A PCI modem (the ones you stick into the computer into the PCI bus)
Here you have two versions:
+ A winmodem which requires drivers (usually indicated by a very small
chip and not much more
+ A comport based modem (there are 2 companies I know that build
those type, one is Melbourne based)
* An external modem connected to your COM port?
* An older type ISA based modem
It would help to tell us the type of modem you have .........
> When I try to connect using kppp it informs me that it cannot find "/dev/ttyS0" and
> when I set it to /dev/ttyS1 it inform me that the modem is ready then it says sorry
> the modem does not respond.
I suggest you install a program called "minicom" (if not already installed)
and run it with "minicom -o", then do a "CTRL-A o" and set it up.
There is lots of documentation in /usr/share/doc/minicomXXXX where
XXXX is your version number.
Once done you can check the modem with commands like
AT<enter>
and it should return
OK
jobst
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