[plug] USB modem

[Sol]

Had an experience of setting up Mandrake 8.2 on an IBM thinkpad a few 
weeks back. Every thing worked fine except of course, the internal 
modem. Having a USB modem handy I tried it out. The device was there 
but it didn't work. The trick - especially when it comes to setting up 
the internel dialer; either kppp or gnome dialer - is to create a 
symlink between /dev/modem and /dev/usb/ttyACM0. NOTE: I'm not on a 
linux box right now as I'm at uni so I'm going by memory. Plus I was 
working with Mandrake, it may be different with RH, I don't know. Also, 
it might not be ttyACM0 but ttyACM1 or another number depending on how 
many USB port there are and which is being used. 
Do ls -l /dev/usb to see which devices have been detected. Then ls -
l/dev/modem to check that it's there. Usually it is, and usually it is 
a symlink to something like /dev/ttyS0. If it is then rm /dev/modem 
(there may be another way of doing this, but this is what I did) and 
then mknod /dev/modem. Then ln -s /dev/modem /dev/usb/ttyACM0 (or 
whatever the usb device is). After that you should have no trouble 
using the GUI dialer (kppp or gnome dialer) to autodetect the modem and 
set up the ISP details etc.

Hope this helps  :-)
sol

> Hi Pluggers.
> 
> I have a friend who wants run linux on his machine, and requires it 
to be
> able to use his USB modem. Unfortunately he is unable to set it up, 
and has
> gone back to windows for the time being.
> 
> I was wondering if any of you could provide any tips/pointers for 
setting up
> this modem. He was using RedHat 7.1, but can probably change 
distribution if
> recommended.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Mark Rattigan
> 
> 
>