I am having problems getting my modem working. Some background:

I am using kppp to interface with it.
It is a US Robotics 5610B hardware modem.

When I try to connect thru kppp, I get an initial "modem ready" message, and then I get "modem does not respond". I have been told that I need to create a symbolic link to the modem, but all attempts to do so haven't worked. Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks

Do you know what port it is on? Is it internal or external? I actually never used a symbolic link.
Noah

it is an internal modem.

I don't know what port it is on.... how do I find that out?

In Kppp, select "Setup", "Device", and there you are. Start with /dev/ttyS0, and move up till you find your modem.
Noah

I looking through other posts, and other sites, I found a solution that seems to at least get communications going to my modem.

I first typed cat /dev/proc/pci to get the information on my serial ports. I then took that information used the setserial command to point the device in the right direction. For me, it looked like this: "setserial /dev/ttyS4 irq 3 port 0x9800 autoconfig".

I then made a symbolic link in Midnight Commander from my modem to ttyS4.

I ran pppd and it looked like it was connecting. So then I edited my rc.local file to include the setserial command to set that up each time I boot.

I already had kppp set up to make the connection, and I tested that and everything seemed to be working fine until I tried to browse the internet. I opened up my browser (opera) and it gave me an error saying that it could not locate the remote server (I tried a bunch of them). I couldn't get anywhere. So I tried Mozilla. Same story. No email either.

Does anyone have a clue why I seem to be connected, but can't browse?

open kppp and click setup,then click edit on the account tab.
change the following settings to:
ip --> Dynamic IP address
gateway --> Default gateway
dns --> automatic

don't know if that IS your problem, but is was mine.

No,
Mine was already set up that way. Thanks anyway.

I am having the same problem with the same modem. However, I do not have setserial command on the computer I am using, and without the internet it will be difficult if possible to install.

Is there any way to manually set what setserial does?