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Re: modem dramas under RH5.2 - newbie question

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
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In <DdAk2.141$YE1.5498@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net> "ochre small" <reddwarf@octa4.net.au> writes:
>    I am unsure if my modem (PnP netcomm Inmodem 33.6) is even set up.  I
>have looked at pnpump and isapnp, but get limited info from them.  pnpdump
>lists my modem, but I'm unsure where to go from here, or how to set up PPP
>and things like DNS server IP addresses.

a) DNS server IP address goes in the file /etc/resolv.conf
with a line
nameserver 111.222.333.444

b) On which COM port is your modem under Win? Subtract one (1) from that
number and remember it. I will call that number #
Your modem is on /dev/ttyS# ( where # is that number)
You can do 
ln -s /dev/ttyS# /dev/modem

Now, do 
w, to make things easy on yourself, get wvdial
(from www.worldvisions.ca) and try it first. It claims to test the far
end and determine on its own what sort of connection the ISP needs. May
not always work, in which case come back and ask again.
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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: modem dramas under RH5.2 - newbie question
Date: 1999/01/06
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