From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 1:25: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C9237B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:25:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D27E43E88 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:25:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18FWX8-000DzK-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:25:02 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 8C99C832A for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:25:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 555CA1854 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:24:50 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id A128B225F8; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:24:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:24:50 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting modem problem Message-ID: <20021123092450.GA11348@raggedclown.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20021123013147.009d4de0@pop.voyager.net> <009a01c292bd$ab6f2f60$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <009a01c292bd$ab6f2f60$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:58:03AM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > Hi all, I'm running into a rather interesting modem problem with one of my > > boxes. Just installed an external 28.8k modem for faxing onto it (and the > > occasional PPP when needed) and I can't seem to find the port the modem is > > on. It's currently connected to the parallel/LPT port, but I'm unsure how > > to tell PPP where to find it or what device/port/etc. that it's on. > > > > How do I find out where my modem is (kinda like windows autodetect) and > > what port it's on? Thanks. > > Modems need to be connected to serial ports, not parallel ports. > Mmm. It is conveivable (but not definite) you may have done a little damage here so a little system checkout may be in order, -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message