how-to- configure modem for incomming connection?

[Greg Wildman]

Chadley Wilson said the following on 19/07/2004 07:44:
> Greetings,
> 
> What is the correct terminology for setting up a modem to receive calls
> an establish a connection to a server?
> 

To put it simply;

1. setup mgetty to listen for connections from the modem
    i.e. listen on ttyS0 (COM1) is that's conencted to modem,
         modify /etc/inittab.

2. create a "dial-in" user that has pppd as his/her shell.
    - you will need to setup ppp so that it provides an IP, etc..



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