external modem

Forum: Networking
Topic: external modem
started by: Roar

Posted by Roar on Feb. 26 2007,00:27

I have just installed DSL.

I cannot get either the pci or an external modem to dial-up.

I have checked every com port.

Any help would be great...Thanks...R.

Posted by Juanito on Feb. 26 2007,03:37

I just posted wvdial.dsl - this program is usually quite good at discovering and configuring modems, you could try that.

Posted by roberts on Feb. 26 2007,04:03

It would help to post what you have tried.
If you have the modem in a standard port you may
want to try:

From the menu Apps -> Net -> Microcom

Posted by Roar on Feb. 26 2007,19:57

Basically, I followed the procedure for connecting to the internet that is found in the help menu.

System>>net setup>>dialup ppp config>>ppp config utility.

I then set up the various properties for my isp and tried every port.

The bios is set with the serial port enabled,2f8l,irq 3.

part of the screen shot that comes up when I try to dial contains...
"can't get terminal parameters input/output error"
"missing kernal or user mod driver"
"Connect script failed"

I can copy out the entire message if that would be more helpful.

Thanks for any help.

Note...I am running Ubuntu on another machine, but this is a older box that has only a 5 gb harddisk that I am giving to a friend that does not know how to turn on a computer. So I want it to be stable and fully up and running when I give it to him....Thanks...R.

Posted by roberts on Feb. 26 2007,20:19

Does Microcom find your port?
Using Microcom can you issue the old Hayes standard AT command and get an OK ?

Did you say no to auto configure in the ppp config script and type in your serial port as shown in the example?

Did you select "Finished - Write files ... " before exiting the script?

If you open a shell what does

ls -l /dev/modem

display?

Posted by foolosophy on Feb. 28 2007,02:30

I'm having the same problem here, and I also want to configure the computer for someone else who doesn't know much about computers.

I've tried three different modems. The only one that I managed to get working is an external one that I had to plug in the ttyS0 port. But that's where I need my mouse, so I can't use it. There's another serial port (a 24 pin), but I can't get the modem detected there.

The other two modems I tried with were internal.
One of them, was an IDE card, and I don't know where to find it in /dev ; the other is a PCI one, which is listed in lspci as "Communication controller: Motorola: Unknown device 5608".

Any idea?

Posted by roberts on Feb. 28 2007,03:42

You tried microcom to test ports?
Are the other ports enabled in BIOS?
Are the irq conflicts? Check with dmesg | grep -i irq

Posted by Roar on Feb. 28 2007,22:12

I did all the things that you asked except for using microcom...cause I didn't know about it.

So, I went back to the DSL box and went through it all again, and there isn't anything that I can say that I did differently, but I guess that there must have been because I now have internet with a external modem....Sweet.

Thanks for you help.

I dropped off the computer today. The guy was so happy. He is truly a beginner. I had to show him how to turn it on.
I am going to set up a mirror machine at home so that I can set up more extensions and learn more about DSL.

Thanks again..