Dial-Up internet with Red hat 9

I have no clue how i can use Dial-Up internet with red hat 9. can anyone tell me how i dial out?

hi

we need more information to answer your query appropriately


whats the modem model number

hardware.redhat.com/hcl has a list of stuff that is known to work with linux.

is it a external or internal modem. external modems tend to work better.

try running wvdial from the command line and check whether it detects a modem


run kppp and click setup. go to device tab and check whether the device is listed correctly

/dev/ttyS0 is com1 ttyS1 is com2 and so on.

click accounts and add your dial up username and password. and click connect. that should work



ls -l /dev/modem should give you something like this

/dev/modem --> /dev/ttyS0

which is the com1 port in windows in case that you are using a external modem

if you are using a internal one

lspci should list your modem

if it doesnt chances are that you are using a winmodem

linmodems.org has more information on that

ok....the modem is in the list when i type "lspci"

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 8280ICA/CAM AC'97 Modem (rev02)
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now when i type in "wvdial" it says
-->wvdial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Warning: section [Dialer Defaults] does not in wvdial.conf
-->Initializing Modem
-->Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
-->Modem Initializing
--> Configuration does not specify a valid phone number
--> Configuration does not specify a valid login name
--> Configuration does not specify a valid password
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thats it, I hope its not hard to read!

hi

you should specify a login username and password along with ur line number at /etc/wvdial.conf

you should be able to connect after that. let me know if you have further problems

it still wont let me dial out... all the settings are right

hi

try using kppp. set the modem to /dev/ttys0..4 and see if any port connects if you dont know exactly what port it is

com1 - /dev/ttyS0 and so on

hi...my yahoo account is pgeon_x for some reason it would let me type...

no probs talk in here

when i type kppp it says command not found

in ayttm it says that your offline when i try to talk..so i dunno

hi

are you able to locate kppp in the menu

internet-more internet-kppp?

if you not try wvdial once more

wvdial test.conf

where test.conf contains a copy of /etc/wvdial.conf

with the correct settings in the current directory

if it doesnt connect let me know the exact output else consult the redhat manuals from redhat.com/manuals and check

hardware.redhat.com/hcl and see whether your modem is supported

[ethan@localhost ethan]$ wvdial test.conf
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Warning: section [Dialer test.conf] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resource busy
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resource busy
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resource busy

do you have AOL, ICQ, or MSN Instant Messangers?

hi

try this without x and find out what

ls -l /dev/modem points to


some other stuff is locking the modem i think

[ethan@localhost ethan]$ ls -l /dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 12 11:09 /dev/modem -> ./ttySL0