[ale] Problems with a modem.

[Christopher Fowler]

Here is what I use for simple terminal like access:

http://www.linuxjunkies.org/programming/lang/cc/ladsrc/robin.c

On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 20:20, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> >From: Mark Wright <mpwright at speedfactory.net>
> >Subject: Re: [ale] Problems with a modem.
> >Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:23:34 -0500
> >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> >
> >I just went round and round with a USR 56K modem until I decided to
> >replace it.  I was trying to connect to Earthlink.  For some reason the
> >USR modem would not pass the account authentication info correctly.  I
> >dug up an old microcom 28.8 that worked fine.
> 
> That's not an issue of the modem but rather the program and/or
> chat-script talking with it.  USR & Microcom use slightly
> different command syntax, as do most all different modem
> makes/models.
> 
> >But back to your problem, Why are you using minicom and not your
> >disto's default dialer?  Mini com is great for manually making a
> 
> He hasn't answered the question (yet? :) about what he's
> trying to "do" but maybe he's interested in "terminal mode?"
> I still use that quite often with c-Kermit.
> 
> >connection or trouble shooting but you should have "pon" and "pof"
> >scripts that will dial up your ISP with wvdial, pass your logon
> >credentials and set up a PPP session.  KDE has a nice wizard to config
> 
> [...]
> 
> >Mark
> >
> >On Jan 4, 2005, at 4:07 PM, John Cole wrote:
> >
> >> Howdy all!
> >>
> >> I'm delving into dial-up and modems and linux!  I've installed a more recent
> >> version of Minicom than was on the server system before.
> >> (minicom-2.1-1-rh7.3.i386.rpm instead of minicom-1.83.1-8.i386.rpm)  I have
> >> a USR 33.6 external modem connected to Com1 /dev/ttyS0.  When I turn on the
> >> modem it has AA and CD lights already on and Minicom immediately things I'm
> >> online.  I try having Minicom hangup and also +++ ATH0 but it doesn't seem
> >> to do anything.  Anyone have any ideas?
> >>
> >> Btw, is there anything like the old "Modem Doctor" program for Linux instead
> >> of DOS?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John Cole, TICSA
> >> FiLink
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