How do I dial using external modem

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Pete Clapham <peteclapham at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Pete Clapham <peteclapham at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: How do I dial using external modem
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 9:31 PM
> Yes.  I was able to get it to work in Xandros, but there
> doesn't appear to be a way to dial the modem in
> Ubuntu.  I am assuming that either I need to insert an ATDT
> command in some on-line command or that I need to mount a
> USB modem.  Grateful for any insight you may have.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> cheers,
> pete
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Brendan <igeek947 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> From: Brendan <igeek947 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: How do I dial using external modem
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
> discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 3:25 AM
> 
> Are you using dial up
> 
> On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 19:20 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> > On 12/18/2008 07:07 PM, Pete Clapham wrote:
> > > Hi, all --I have an eeePC, and I want to access
> the Internet using an
> external modem.  I can go to "network" and
> configure the modem, but I
> can't dial the ISP.  Can anybody tell me where the
> button is to
> "dial"?   Alternatively, if dialing is automatic
> (doesn't seem
> likely), wheredoes the external modem attach?  Do I need to
> do a mount to
> /dev/modem?And if so, what am I mounting?
> Thanks.cheers,,pete 
> > > 
> > 
> > Don't know. But your question has nothing to do
> with the subject of
> this
> > thread "How do I dial using external modem".
> Perhaps if you
> don't hijack
> > someone else's thread and start a new one, someone
> will reply.
> > 
> > > > 
> > Don't know. But your question has nothing to do
> with the subject of
> this
> > thread "How do I dial using external modem".
> Perhaps if you
> don't hijack
> > someone else's thread and start a new one, someone
> will reply.
> > 
> > 
It's been a long while since I've used dialup BAIR, wvdial will
do it and wvdial.conf has a place to enter you dial out info.
You'll have to read the manual however, as I don't remember the
details and AIR it's a little tricky on syntax or was then.
wvdialconfig or similiar file name did an automatic config setup
 but I still had to edit wvdial.conf to get it right.  Don't
know of any other way to do it.  HTH.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net