[ale] Problems with a modem.

[Mark Wright]

That link I sent you to W G Unruhs' article on dial up will be of great 
use to you especially if you are not current.  It has been out there a 
while and uses the manual approach.

Mark
On Jan 5, 2005, at 8:43 AM, John Cole wrote:

> Thank you all for your help!
>
> Actually, it turned out to be a very simple thing! (Just something I've
> never had happen before!)  It's amazing what happens when you use the 
> right
> cable! :):):):)  It turns out the original cable I was using was a
> Null-Modem cable.  I would never have thought of that because I don't 
> think
> in all my years of computing and modems I'd ever used a Null-Modem 
> cable
> where it wasn't already in place.
>
> On a side note, I'm using Minicom to just test basic connectivity with 
> the
> modem.  Now comes the fun part of attempting to implement 
> PPP/Callback/RA to
> a server that has some really OLD rpm's for these particular functions.
>
> Ps.  There is no X-Windows, nor is it a normal distro.  It's a custom 
> distro
> by the vendor.
>
> Thanks!
> John Cole, TICSA
> FiLink
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of 
> John
> Cole
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:07 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Problems with a modem.
>
>
> Howdy all!
>
> I'm delving into dial-up and modems and linux!  I've installed a more 
> recent
> version of Minicom than was on the server system before.
> (minicom-2.1-1-rh7.3.i386.rpm instead of minicom-1.83.1-8.i386.rpm)  I 
> have
> a USR 33.6 external modem connected to Com1 /dev/ttyS0.  When I turn 
> on the
> modem it has AA and CD lights already on and Minicom immediately 
> things I'm
> online.  I try having Minicom hangup and also +++ ATH0 but it doesn't 
> seem
> to do anything.  Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Btw, is there anything like the old "Modem Doctor" program for Linux 
> instead
> of DOS?
>
> Thanks,
> John Cole, TICSA
> FiLink
>
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