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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:32:40 -0400
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Andy Coates <webmaster@friends-tv.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modem Problems
Message-ID:  <20000424003240.J70371@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <03f501bfada5$33b3be50$0100a8c0@blade>; from webmaster@friends-tv.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 05:26:00AM %2B0100
References:  <03f501bfada5$33b3be50$0100a8c0@blade>

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On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 05:26:00AM +0100, Andy Coates wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to get my modem to work (internal ISA) and had loads of
> problems so far.
> 
> Basically I thought it was on COM3, but the only /dev/cuaaX i can use is 1
> (COM2). When I do use this, nothing happens when I try to dial. I downloaded
> minicom just to test the dialing, and entered a manual number, but it just
> sat there syaing it was dialing and the time counting down. This manual
> number was my mobile phone, and it didn't ring. I also have a phone attached
> to the line - picking that up had dialing effort from the modem either.
> 
> It seems to initialise properly, but when I try open the port and dial
> nothing seems to happen. Any got any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

What does,

  % grep ^sio /var/run/dmesg.boot

Say? That will tell us "where" your modem is. It could very well be
sio2. Can you not use cuaa2 because you have not created the
associated devices in /dev?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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