Re: [SLE] looking a modem guru
From: Donn aka n5xwb Washburn (n5xwb_at_hal-pc.org)
Date: 10/14/03
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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:38:30 -0500 To: jfweber@bellsouth.net
Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 13 October 2003 18:14 pm, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
>>** I'm not as good as I was once, but I am as good once as I ever
>>was.. "A nasty bit of rough" by David Feherty **
>>
>>My kid in Oklahoma is having problems connecting to a local provider
>>w/ a modem ( hence the subject line ) We have tried letting SuSE
>>configure it ... but , it wants use pppd as a setting.. local provider
>>says "no it must be ppp only" but we cant find a ppp only setting. I
>>am 2000 plus miles away, and on dsl .. neither computer is happy to
>>let us keep looking back at the settings , ( the computer wants us to
>>setup a new provider) Any suggestions will be appreciated ....
>>TIA
>>
If it is not a dumb Win modem in SuSE it is rather easy if it is a serial Com port
modem use Yast2. Try "minicom" which can help find the modem and or "hwinfo
--modem". If it is PCI then as I remember it is most likely ttyS4. Link /dev/modem
to which ever device it is. Also try wvdial after configuring /etc/wvdial.conf.
Problems after connecting normally come from "pppd died" which normally is a problem
with the permission set on /usr/sbin/pppd - Security Headaches again.
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root dialout 217696 2003-05-23 07:26 /usr/sbin/pppd
fix it
Also set it in /etc/permission.(whatever you use)
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