Some PPP Questions
 

I started to learn how to configure a ppp connection, as far as i understand now there is a configuration file that has all kinds of parameters and software like 'wvdial' uses this file for dialing

I also saw in some document that the baud rate in the configuration file is the rate of the UART not the modem...
So how can i know what my UART is capable of without messing with my CPU's guts?

I have 2 more questions.. if i understand correctly, according to the manual of wvdial:

" [Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyS2
Baud = 57600
Init = ATZ
Init2 = AT S11=50
Phone = 555-4242
Username = apenwarr
Password = my-password

[Dialer phone2]
Phone = 555-4243

[Dialer shh]
Init3 = ATM0

[Dialer pulse]
Dial Command = ATDP "

if i want to ppp through adsl that connects to my box using ethernet i'll modify the line "Modem = /dev/ttyS2" to something like "Modem = /dev/eth0" (i know there's no such device in /dev/), or for modem connected through usb "Modem = /dev/sda1" ?

Do a
dmesg | less
/SERIAL

That should take you to a block looking like this:
In my case the UART Chips is a 16550A with a 16Byte fifo, which should easily
cope with 115200 BAUD.


Cheers,
Tink

dmesg | grep -i SERIAL
or
dmesg | grep SERIAL

Not quite enough, it wouldn't give him the UART.

Maybe with a
dmesg | grep -A 1 SERIAL



Cheers,
Tink