----- Original Message ----- From: Lars Eighner <topper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:37 PM Subject: Hardware modem My question is about getting Fedora 15 to recognize a hardware modem and then setting up ppp "on demand" to use it. I made the mistake of installing Fedora 15 with the GUI. This only told me that my modem was "unplugged." And I could not figure out how to drop out of the GUI to a command line terminal. So I overwrote the installation with "minimal." Now I get a command line prompt (in teeny tiny font). However I could not find anything helpful (to me) in /dev or /etc/ppp. I have googled many combinations, but so far all the queries about modems I have read are about getting winmodems to work. I do not have a winmodem. I have a 3COM PCI (internal) hardware modem which works flawlessly with FreeBSD sio (that's the serial io device). If I can find out how to configure a dialer and authentication, I would like for ppp "on demand" to work for my only non-root user, which will be me. Otherwise, I just got a nine piece coaster set for $30 from OSdisc.com. (PS: I am a 20-year user of FreeBSD.) -- Lars ----- End of Original Message ----- Lars, You may use wvdial :) Become root user $ su - passwd: # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf it will scan for a modem. Hopefully it finds one, like /dev/ttyS0, or /dev/ttySX where X, 0..4 or similar. Edit this file was root user with your favorite editor, add username, password, ISP phone number and a line "Carrier Check = no", you might need to add "Stupid Mode = yes", in case you cannot connect. Then after editing & saving the file. Try to connect to your ISP # wvdial if you get a connection, to disconnect you use CTRL + C; if you can connect, but cannot browse add the nameservers that you get when you seem to get connected to /etc/resolv.conf and you should be able to surf the web. Let me know if you need more help :) Regards, Antonio P.S. I am an on/off FreeBSD user since FreeBSD 5.3, along with Fedora :) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
