[plug] Setting up a Linux Box

[John Breen]

Nah, I have the same issue with an external modem on my linux box, that's
why I went to an internal...

On some mobos, the serial ports just don't seem to handle talking to a modem
too well.

Regards,

John Breen

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| John Breen
| B Sc(Computer Science)
|
| john at fairport.com.au
| ICQ#777296

> Whats the modem? If its an internal soft modem you either have to:
> a) manually stuff around with drivers (mostly for the Lucent soft
> modems) or
> b) suffer in your jocks and buy a hardware modem
>
>
>
>
> From: Joel Fraser <joel231 at yahoo.com> on 20-04-2001 12:32 PM
> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> To: Linux <plug at plug.linux.org.au>@SMTP at Exchange
> cc:
>
> Subject: [plug] Setting up a Linux Box
>
> Ok here is the deal, i have a computer with the server version of RH
> 7
> installed and wish to make it a dial up machine to the internet. I
> have
> looked at the help page at iinet
> http://www.iinet.net.au/help/linux/index.html )but all it seems to
> do is
> turn on the "TR" light on my modem and just sit there it doesnt even
> dial
> up.
>
>
> Cheers Joel Fraser
>
>
>
>
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