[ale] setting up dial up

[James W. Lynch]

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> 
> Hey folks, I'm trying to set up my Linux box at home so I can dial in from
> work.  I was able to set the modem register that says to answer and I enabled
> the getty on ttyS0.  Now the problem is, the modem answers but I don't get
> a login prompt.  So, what am I doing wrong, or where can I look in the
> HOWTO's to get the answers.
> 
> Also, I want to be able to use the line for calling out too, but once I
> started the getty, I couldn't dial out.  I know that in SVR3 UNIX there
> was this horrible monster called uugetty that would allow this.  I'm hoping
> that Linux has something that does the same thing, only better....  Any
> suggestions??
> 
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In the serial.howto (I think) it tells you how to set up getty_ps (again,
I think) to handle dial-in.  I did that once and it worked ok.

I recently installed efax, which is supposed to do either fax or data
connections, but so far I haven't been able to connect to it as
a data connection except for one time.  So, if you want to play
a bit, efax is a simple install.  getty_ps is more complicated.


There are probably other, better ways, but no one could tell me how
when I asked a few months ago.

Jim.

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