modem- if use wizard it works each boot

[Ksmith- Tx]

if i reboot modem is busy but if use the Control Center network wizard and tell it modem is on ttyS4 (com5) it will say loading files and it works till next reboot..Mandrake 8.1........how to get it to stay...i have the US robotics with the onboard controller (pci) works great just have to tell it to.?????

[X_console]

First, find out exactly what the wizard does. Do you just have to select the modem's COM port and then it works fine? Or do you do something else?

If it's just changing the COM port, then you can make this permanent. First, do a ls -l /dev/modem Does such a file exist? If so, write down where it points to. Next run this command: ln -sf /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem That should automatically set your modem to COM5. See if that works from now on.