Dialup connection help.

[tfoley95]

I am having trouble getting Redhat 6.0 to connect to the internet. I can't dial my modem. I have the modem selected in the Control Panel and the ISP info in a PPP connection in Linuxconf. I am new to Linux and have almost no clue what I'm doing. Any help would be appreciated.

[kball]

Usually when someone has this problem it has to do with the com port not being attached to the device. Before you start, you need to know what com port your modem is on. If your running a dual boot winderz/linux system you can get this info from the windoze control panel. Usually it's either com1 or com2.

Then open linuxconf as root and go to your ppp section. Look for /dev/cua(x) where x is the number for your modem. If your modem is on com1, use /dev/cua0. For com2, use /dev/cua1, etc ....

Then save and exit linuxconf and as root type ifup ppp0. If you don't hear you modem dial, try a different cua number.

Good luck and let me know if it works http://discussions.linuxplanet.com//smile.gif

[tfoley95]

Kball

I know that my modem is on COM2. It set the jumper to that when I installed it, and that's what it shows up as in Win98. I have tried different COM ports in Linux with no luck. BTW, I noticed that in Linux the COM ports aren't cu0, cu1 and so forth. they are tty0, tty1, or something similar to that. What should I try next?

[Geoff]

COM1 = /dev/cua0 = /dev/ttyS0
COM2 = /dev/cua1 = /dev/ttyS1

and so on. Either one will work.

I am not sure why your modem doesn't work. The last modem that linux flat out wouldn't talk to turned out to be a winmodem for me, that problem was easily solved by taking it back and demanding a replacement http://discussions.linuxplanet.com//smile.gif

Geoff

[tfoley95]

I figured out what the problem was. I have a 3Com 56K Int modem that has either the option to set the com port and interrupt or let PnP do it. It was set to plug and play and Windows had it as Com2. Who knows what Linux set it up as. Anyway, I set the jumpers accordingly and shazam, it just worked. I set the DNS and the Domain, and now I'm stylin'. Now the only thing is I'd like to get the PPP dialer that comes with Redhat 6.0 to dial it instead of having to go to a terminal and typing ifup ppp0 and so forth. Thanks for the help guys.