Hey all, I am trying to get slackware up and running on a system here that uses a dial up modem to connect to the internet. I ran pppsetup and went through all the options. This is what happens when I try and connect:

root@pat:~# ppp-go
root@pat:~# Connect script failed


One thing, I am not really sure how to even find out if my modem is installed correctly. When I run ifconfig I get this:

root@pat:/dev# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:B4:14:4F
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::203:47ff:feb4:144f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4551 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3669 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:381386 (372.4 Kb) TX bytes:651506 (636.2 Kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


When I run ifconfig -a I get this:

root@pat:/dev# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:B4:14:4F
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::203:47ff:feb4:144f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4580 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:383540 (374.5 Kb) TX bytes:655058 (639.7 Kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

sit0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-31-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


is sit0 the modem?

Here is output of lspci | grep modem:

root@pat:/dev# lspci | grep modem
01:0a.0 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem


Any ideas?

Is this a serial modem that connects to a COM port? Or is it a USB modem. ifconfig should have nothing to do with your modem unless it is a devolo serial modem which connects through ethernet.
Also which version of Slackware are you running?
What is the output of 'ls- l /dev/modem' ?

Slackware 12, 2.6.23.8 kernel.

It is a PCI modem

ls -l /dev/modem gives me this:

root@pat:~# ls -l /dev/modem
/usr/bin/ls: /dev/modem: No such file or directory

Okay, recently this (now rare) issue was discussed here on this forum. Since you are running Slackware-12 you are no doubt using udev, so you'll need to create a rule or an entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.local which will create a device node for the modem each time you boot. Since it is a PCI modem, it will probably be one of the devices between /dev/ttyS4 and /dev/ttyS7. You'll probaly want to create a link from the proper device to /dev/modem as well.
Try searching the forum for this subject for more info.