Hardware modem

[Antonio Olivares]

----- Original Message -----
From: Lars Eighner <topper at larseighner.com>
To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:37 PM
Subject: Hardware modem

My question is about getting Fedora 15 to recognize a hardware modem and
then setting up ppp "on demand" to use it.

I made the mistake of installing Fedora 15 with the GUI.  This only told me
that my modem was "unplugged."  And I could not figure out how to drop out
of the GUI to a command line terminal. So I overwrote the installation with
"minimal." Now I get a command line prompt (in teeny tiny font).  However I
could not find anything helpful (to me) in /dev or /etc/ppp.

I have googled many combinations, but so far all the queries about modems I
have read are about getting winmodems to work.  I do not have a winmodem. I
have a 3COM PCI (internal) hardware modem which works flawlessly with
FreeBSD sio (that's the serial io device).

If I can find out how to configure a dialer and authentication, I would like
for ppp "on demand" to work for my only non-root user, which will be me. 
Otherwise, I just got a nine piece coaster set for $30 from OSdisc.com.

(PS: I am a 20-year user of FreeBSD.)

-- 
Lars 


----- End of Original Message -----

Lars,

You may use wvdial :)

Become root user 
$ su -
passwd:
# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf 

it will scan for a modem.  Hopefully it finds one, like /dev/ttyS0, or /dev/ttySX where X, 0..4 or similar. 
Edit this file was root user with your favorite editor, add username, password, ISP phone number and a line "Carrier Check = no", you might need to add "Stupid Mode = yes", in case you cannot connect.  Then after editing & saving the file.  Try to connect to your ISP
# wvdial

if you get a connection, to disconnect you use CTRL + C;

if you can connect, but cannot browse add the nameservers that you get when you seem to get connected to /etc/resolv.conf and you should be able to surf the web.  Let me know if you need more help :)

Regards,

Antonio

P.S.  I am an on/off FreeBSD user since FreeBSD 5.3, along with Fedora :)