Modem Install By A Linux Newbie

[Shawn Rutledge]

Kermit is a great testing tool; but minicom is more likely to 
be included in your distro.  You can talk to your modem and try
to make it dial.

Or maybe just try
echo "ATDT 5550123" > /dev/ttyS3
assuming your modem is on ttyS3 (COM4).  Not sure if that
works but I don't see why it wouldn't.  Maybe you will hear
it dial.

Of course you know that Winmodems don't work right?  Or at least
not without some LinModem driver.

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:31:29PM -0700, Alpha Zenon Sanchez wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Quick Question...
> 
> Is there a fast and easy way to see if a modem is
> installed properly in Linux without dailing to an ISP?
>  I know in Windows :-( there was a phone dailer
> utility that would test to see if the modem dialed out
> properly.  Is there an equivalent utility in Linux?
> I bought an ISA 56K modem from Best Data (don't know
> model number), but it says on the box it works with
> Linux.
> 
> BTW, for any Linux newbie's out there who has been
> frustrated with configuring a sound card in Linux, 
> I downloaded and installed a software from Open Sound
> System. They have a driver module that automatically
> detects and installs MOST ISA sound cards easily.  The
> only thing that's not cool about it was I had to pay
> for the software ($20). It did save me hours of
> frustration.  When I finally get to a point where I
> know what I'm doing in Linux, I won't take the weenie
> way out!

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