minicom for modem in FC2

jim martin postfix168 at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 8 18:29:31 UTC 2004


ok...may I know if I want to install a modem for
example a Aztech 56K external modem into a existing
FC2 box (without the VMware) ?  How do I install the
driver?  As I don't FC2 will auto detect like windows
and I don't think Aztech has the modem driver for
linux.  Can FC2 detect USB modem ??   


--- Clay Lambert <clay at hrb.cc> wrote:

> I concur...  I am running Fedora on VMWare under
> Windows XP, and that is
> how it is supposed to work. The Linux instance will
> only know it has a
> net connection, it will know nothing of the modem
> itself. The vmnet
> drivers should handle the dirty work for you. I
> currently am configured
> using a bridged network, and it works with DHCP or a
> static IP address
> accordingly. Hover NAT should be easy enough to
> configure.
> 
> Ciao baby!
> 
> Clay :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Matthew Saltzman
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 6:18 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: minicom for modem in FC2
> 
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, jim martin wrote:
> 
> > it is a modem on my HP laptop, the modem that it
> has
> > is Agere Systems AC'97 modem.  I used the WMware
> to
> > install Linux on my windows.  I feel it can detect
> my
> > modem as it shows as ONLINE after I type in
> minicom in
> > my Linux.  For example, if I type in minicom in a
> > linux box without a modem, it will show as
> offline.
> > The problem is I don't know how to connect to
> internet
> > using minicom, after I type minicom, it come out a
> > windows and I can't type any thing more about it
> 
> Wait, so you are running Linux in VMware under
> Windows?
> I'm doing the opposite (Linux host, XP guest) and my
> virtual machine
> doesn't even have a modem.  If this is what you are
> doing, then the way
> to
> connect to the Internet is to use Windows to
> establish the modem
> connection and use VMware NAT networking to provide
> access to the VM.
> 
> -- 
> 		Matthew Saltzman
> 
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> 
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