How do I get an external modem working in Linux?

kleptophobiac · 08-04-2003, 06:52 PM

This would be on Knoppix. I have a Courier modem (you know, those really nice modems built by USR that are made like tanks) that uses a serial connection to the machine.

I've tried using KPPP, and it sits there forever at initializing modem.

I've been on a broadband connection at home for several years now, and this is a play box at a vacation home. I have zero *nix experience with modems.

Can somebody point me towards the light? The US robotics site isn't very helpful.

http://www.usr.com/support/doc-popup...alog/13001.htm

salparadise · 08-05-2003, 12:12 AM

on my computer (i use a zoom external serial modem) the modem is on tty0 and not on ttymodem

hope this helps (it may not)

ppuru · 08-05-2003, 02:32 AM

Use minicom to troubleshoot; you may need to configure minicom a bit - tell it which port the modem is connected etc.

Once you receive an OK (from the modem) on minicom, it should be easier to get the dialup working.

kleptophobiac · 08-05-2003, 09:21 AM

Well, according to dmesg, the modem is on ttyS0, and I tried that.

Now the thing dials out, connects, but just times out on logging onto network. What could that be?

kleptophobiac · 08-06-2003, 11:35 AM

help?

salparadise · 08-06-2003, 12:17 PM

when i tried redhat 9.0 i found the connection support under gnome to be troublesome, which desktop are you using, gnome or kde?

set the dialup dialogue to display a log so you can see where the problem is occurring

kleptophobiac · 08-06-2003, 02:27 PM

KDE, and the log just says that it is a timeout while logging in, and that is that. The text of the dialog error and the log of kppp are the same.