Keri wrote:
/etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' ????
Keri
If you'll give the command "ls -l /dev/modem" you'll see something like:
westek:/home/westk# ls -l /dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 6 15:34 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0
This means that /dev/modem is a symbolic link (kind of like a shortcut
in Windows, but more flexible/powerful) to /dev/ttyS0.
Your computer's serial ports will be:
DOS/Windows
Linux
-----------
-----
COM1
/dev/ttyS0
COM2
/dev/ttyS1
COM3
/dev/ttyS2
COM4
/dev/ttyS3
So if your modem is on COM1 in DOS/Windows, it'll be on /dev/ttyS0 in
Linux. You can either delete the /dev/modem link and recreate it to
point to the correct port, or just edit your pppconfig settings so that
instead of pointing to /dev/modem, it points to the correct port (ie
/dev/ttyS1 or whatever).
If your modem is a "win-modem" (most internal PCI modems are), you've
got about a 90% chance that you'll never connect with it (some winmodems
have become usable in Linux, but the name "winmodem" refers to a modem
that's designed exclusively for Windows, not Mac, not BeOS, not Linux,
not even the next version of Windows unless the manufacturer decides to
support it; short story: never purchase win-hardware).
Kent
