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Old 02-23-2002, 03:26 AM   #1
pjs2550
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ISA modem install


I cant get my Best Data ISA modem -- which works with linux according to the box and a website -- to work. It has jumpers for the IRQ and Port. I have these set to 5 and 2 respectively( that is what winXp uses). This modem works fine with WinXp so I think that it is not a faulty modem. Just a faulty user.

Can someone help me set this up?

thanks

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Old 02-24-2002, 11:14 AM   #2
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personally i found that modem to work best using IRQ 9 and COM 3.. and if the modem still isn't recognized using ttyS4, then you have to manually set it using the setserial command....

man setserial for more info..
you could probably set it up to use 5 and 2 using the setserial though.

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Old 02-27-2002, 10:47 AM   #3
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Question Need Domain Name, login script ?

I set modem to com2 and irq3. Linux says those are free. I checked with setserial and com2 is using irq3. I still get modem not responding. Would anything change if I used com3 and irq9? I tried them but I didn't set the irq for com3 to 9. It is using 4 by default.

Using KPPP dialer setup, the help page says to enter the Domain name of my computer. What is that? On the instructions that come with the modem it says I need to enter the Domain name of my ISP. (A conflict there.) Then it says I need to enter a number provided by my isp and then click "ADD". My isp uses a dynamic IP address which I selected when I set up the account.

So, is it necessary to specify a Domain Name and if so , what is it and where do I get it. (My isp said they use a dynamic Domain Name.) What about DNS IP address?

Also, do I need a login script?

thanks

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Old 02-27-2002, 10:24 PM   #4
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The issue here is to define the meaning of " modem not working".
look at boot.log to make sure your modem is recognized by linux during kernel startup. If this the case then your modem is just fine, and you need only to configure correctly your dialup settings to connect to your isp.
minicom is a handy tool provided by linux to check your modem functionality. Do man minicom for more details
 
Old 04-20-2002, 12:18 PM   #5
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where boot.log

Ameska,

I want to try what you say. Where is boot.log?
Can't find and I don't want to spend a half an hour looking for it. My OS is RedHat 7.2.

thanks

pjs
 
Old 05-10-2002, 09:22 AM   #6
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got modem to work

finally had a chance to work on my linux system.
It needed just what you said, trickykid.

i set the irq for the serial port y modem is on, ttyS2, to 9 using
setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 9

that is the irq jumber set on my modem.
thats all it needed and it fired right up.

for newbies with the same problem:

to get it to set this at boot time I copied the file /ect/rc.serial to
/etc/init.d/serial (changed name to serial) and added the above
mentioned command to it. Now, the command runs at boot time and i don't have to type it in anymore.

thanks for all yous's help.
 
  


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