*- On 7 Oct, pplaw wrote about "ttyS*--?" > debs, > > 1. according to windoze, my lapbox modem is config'd for com5 @/on > irq 10. the /dev file doesn't list a /ttyS4. how do i add it? >
cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ttyS4 > 2. my deskbox modem is config'd for com4 @/on irq3. slink sees > /dev/ttyS3 @/on irq 3, but nothing happens when i pon the isp. (my > goal is to have successful apt-gets.) what else can or needs to be > done? > Try minicom first on the port and see if you can directly talk to the modem with AT commands. Try to dial your isp using minicom and make sure the connection is made. Record all the required prompts and responses, if any. Did you run pppconfig? What does your /etc/ppp/peers/provide file look like? What does plog show when you start pon? We really need more data to point you in the right direction. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
