find modem

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John Heinen wrote:
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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>> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> From: John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: find modem
>>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 8:35 AM
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>> Man pon gives all the commands and options.  Usually just typr "pon"
>> on a CLI and it will dial your ISP and connect. Poff sends a SIGNHUP or something like that anyway that hangs up the phone and disconnects. IIRC, you don't need sudo. HTH
>> Leonard Chatagnier
>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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> I got it all done, internet provider, details, phone nu, pasword etc.
> Now /type into terminal , pon, to make the connection, what I get is In
> file /etc/ppp/peers/providers;unrecognized option '/dev/modem
> /
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Hi John,
if you filled in the "provider" slot,
you will need to type

pon earthlink  (or whatever you typed in there) to connect.
Try that.
Winton