From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 18 20:32:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA7D37B423 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 20:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk ([192.168.91.36] ident=root) by scientia.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13Py9p-000Aew-00; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 03:14:49 +0100 Received: (from ben@localhost) by strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA60040; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 03:14:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ben) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 03:14:49 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst To: Bill Bunnell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem Install Message-ID: <20000819031449.D58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Bunnell wrote: > Can I please have some help installing a modem on my FreeBSD box. I > would like a run down on what needs to be done, or a URL that outlines > the process. 1. Buy the modem, and plug it into a free serial port. 2. Make sure your kernel has serial port support. Copy the 'device sio' lines from GENERIC if you're running a custom kernel which doesn't already have serial support in. 3. Configure your software to use the modem, using /dev/cuaa0 for the first serial port, /dev/cuaa1 for the second, and so on. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message