Dial Up / Modem Problem

[Bill Christiansen]

to make sure your ttyS4 is in the dialout group try:
chown root.dialout /dev/ttyS4

For an equivalent dial-up tool to kppp install gnome-ppp.


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:23:38 -0400, Johann De Freitas
<jdefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Modem is 3 COM V90 56k Internal/Voice Fax Modem Model 0727
> Chipset 3CP3298-DEL
> FCC ID 4X2USA-32034-M5-E ie a confirmed hardware modem.
> 
> Not very familiar with Gnome usually kppp is my dial up tool of
> choice. Windows detects modem on COM5 ie ttyS4. Found the networking
> wizard tool and filled in necessary details, here are the steps
> normally required to get my modem working in most distros :Suse,
> Mandrake, Yoper, Slackware etc.
> 
> cd /dev
> mknod ttyS4 c 4 6
> ln -s ttyS4 modem
> 
> The properties tab of ppp0 shows the modem as /dev/modem but I am
> unable to connect. The autodetect option didn't yield any better
> results. Changing /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS4 no change.
> 
> Any ideas on how to troubleshoot the problem?
> 
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