From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 18 20:01:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA23534 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 20:01:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA23517; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 20:01:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA04997; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 00:45:36 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199711190045.AAA04997@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jason Morrow" cc: questions@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:35:52 MST." <01bcf472$537bc280$98438cd1@gamer.hexen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 00:45:35 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > How do I use my modem? Under linux you simply had to link /dev/cua2 to > /dev/modem. However, when I ran Minicom it said 'Modem not setup.' What do > I have to do to so that I can use my modem as a communications device to > connect to the internet? Use ppp (http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html). Also, make sure your modem is probed properly (dmesg | fgrep sio). /dev/cuaa0 is COM1, /dev/cuaa1 is COM2 etc. I've never used ``minicom'', so I don't know what its problem is. > Jason Morrow UNIX, MS-Dos and Windows > gribnif@inconnect.com The good, the bad, and the ugly... > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....