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Robert Lee Bradley wrote:
> 
> George S. Thompson (buddyt@earthlink.net) wrote:
> : Hey Paul
> 
> :       I use a the U.S. Robotics (Sportster) 28800 and I run it under Linux
> : and Windows 95 with no problem.  It fits all my needs.  Before I
> : bought it I did some reading about it and found everything to be true.
> : I recommend it.
> 
> Regrettably, I only run LINUX, so can't PnP configure the same model
> internal USR modem.  I have set it to com1 irq4 -- pretty normal.
> It works fine with comm programs such as kermit, but when I try to
> nail up a SLIP connection to my ISP, it fails miserably.  I've tried
> everything I can think of, and read every manual on the modem as
> well as serial com on Linux.  To no avail.
> 

strange.  i find it odd that your modem would work fine under kermit,
for example, but would "fail miserably" when firing up a slip 
connection.  it's hard to tell from your post, but my guess is that
the problem is with your slip setup rather than you modem.  are you
using dip to run the slip connection?  take a look at the manpage
and at the documentation that comes with it.  my advice is to first try
and get the thing running "manually" (i.e. don't use a dip script
but use dip interactively to setup the connection).  i believe the
documentation (or the manpage) explains how to do this and it is
relatively straightforward.  also, you do need to have both tcp/ip and
slip (and cslip if you want to use it) support in your kernel.  you 
probably do, but since you don't say i can't be sure.  if it helps
any, i have the exact same modem set to com1, irq4 and i works fine
with slip.  must say though that i've never tried a "standard" comm
program with it ;) ...but yes, check out the dip documentation.  i believe
you should find a solution there.

ciao,

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