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To: Tyson Boellstorff <tysonb@pionet.net>
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Subject: Re: ppp installation using USR PNP internal modem 
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:24:05 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Basically, I am trying to set up an install over a ppp connection using
> an Intel Thor (P5-166) motherboard. I have set the serial ports in CMOS
> to auto, and have my internal modem (USR Sportster Orion chipset) hard
> set to com 1, irq 4. 
> 
> When I have this configuration, I am unable to set up ppp on com 1. My
> first & only option is com 2.

Have you tried reassigning "sio0" and "sio1" to match your desired
configuration?  Don't forget that sio0's mapping to "COM1" is entirely
arbitrary, and you could actually point it at a modem on "COM4" just
as easily.

Hope this helps.

					Jordan