Modem configuration - Revision history

Paulm at 00:30, 9 September 2011

2011-09-09T00:30:59Z

2011-08-26T07:37:24Z

removed delete -- tech support uses this

2011-08-18T18:36:03Z

2011-08-18T18:35:11Z

2011-08-18T18:27:24Z

2010-08-05T18:53:10Z

2008-08-29T01:07:40Z

a little more

2008-08-29T01:06:16Z

revised

2008-01-23T02:15:46Z

2006-08-03T00:48:39Z

Linmodems

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:30, 9 September 2011
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		+	'''DO NOT RELY ON THIS PAGE TO CONFIGURE MODEMS WITHOUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE DIALUP CONFIGURATION PAGE - YOU NEED TO USE THE RIGHT PHONE NUMBER'''
	==Detecting==		==Detecting==
	To detect a modem and make sure it is working, use wvdialconf. The canonical way to use it is to log in as root on a terminal and run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" but for our purposes, you can just run "wvdialconf test" as a normal user. This will probe the serial ports, starting with whatever is linked to /dev/modem and print out the results of the test to the console. It works with ISA modems, PCI hardware modems and linmodems that have the drivers installed. It is also the back end for gnome-ppp, a popular dialer.		To detect a modem and make sure it is working, use wvdialconf. The canonical way to use it is to log in as root on a terminal and run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" but for our purposes, you can just run "wvdialconf test" as a normal user. This will probe the serial ports, starting with whatever is linked to /dev/modem and print out the results of the test to the console. It works with ISA modems, PCI hardware modems and linmodems that have the drivers installed. It is also the back end for gnome-ppp, a popular dialer.

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:37, 26 August 2011
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−	~~{{delete}}~~
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−	At this point, Free Geek is only using PCI hardware modems in the Freek Box and we are not putting them in all boxes. These modems are automatically set up by Hardy Heron, but in order to use them, we need to find out what device name they have.
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	==Detecting==		==Detecting==
	To detect a modem and make sure it is working, use wvdialconf. The canonical way to use it is to log in as root on a terminal and run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" but for our purposes, you can just run "wvdialconf test" as a normal user. This will probe the serial ports, starting with whatever is linked to /dev/modem and print out the results of the test to the console. It works with ISA modems, PCI hardware modems and linmodems that have the drivers installed. It is also the back end for gnome-ppp, a popular dialer.		To detect a modem and make sure it is working, use wvdialconf. The canonical way to use it is to log in as root on a terminal and run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" but for our purposes, you can just run "wvdialconf test" as a normal user. This will probe the serial ports, starting with whatever is linked to /dev/modem and print out the results of the test to the console. It works with ISA modems, PCI hardware modems and linmodems that have the drivers installed. It is also the back end for gnome-ppp, a popular dialer.

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	===See also===		===See also===

−	* [[~~Dial-up~~ configuration]] for the software end of things.	+	* [[Dialup configuration]] for the software end of things.

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	===See also===		===See also===

−	* [[Dial-up ~~Configuration~~]] for the software end of things.	+	* [[Dial-up configuration]] for the software end of things.

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 ===Linmodems===
 We no longer use "linmodems" in our boxes because of licensing issues.
 [[Category:modems]]
 [[Category:Build]]
 [[Category:Tech support]]

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		+	{{delete}}
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	At this point, Free Geek is only using PCI hardware modems in the Freek Box and we are not putting them in all boxes. These modems are automatically set up by Hardy Heron, but in order to use them, we need to find out what device name they have.		At this point, Free Geek is only using PCI hardware modems in the Freek Box and we are not putting them in all boxes. These modems are automatically set up by Hardy Heron, but in order to use them, we need to find out what device name they have.

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 ==Detecting==
 To detect a modem and make sure it is working, use wvdialconf.  The canonical way to use it is to log in as root on a terminal and run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" but for our purposes, you can just run "wvdialconf test" as a normal user.  This will probe the serial ports, starting with whatever is linked to /dev/modem and print out the results of the test to the console.  It works with ISA modems, PCI hardware modems and linmodems that have the drivers installed.  It is also the back end for gnome-ppp, a popular dialer.
 ==Modem types==

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-{{cleanup}}
+At this point, Free Geek is only using PCI hardware modems in the Freek Box and we are not putting them in all boxes.  These modems are automatically set up by Hardy Heron, but in order to use them, we need to find out what device name they have.
 ==Modem types==
 ===ISA Modems===
 ISA hardware modems are generally set to specific IRQ's and I/O ports by jumpers.  If you are having trouble getting the modem detected, make sure of the following:
 *Confirm the settings.  Most ISA modems should be set to ttyS1
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 ===PCI hardware modem (ttyS14)===
 If the modem isn't found. or, modem shows up on the "serial" step in basiccheck (at ttyS14), but it doesn't respond when tested with the dialer. and anyway, what the heck is ttyS14? or - if the modem isn't found in the serial step (you only have one serial port detected), you can check if this applies using dmesg. try
   guest@freekbox:~$ dmesg | [[grep]] ttyS | less
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 ===Linmodems===
-Our freekboxes can now deal with pci software modems,
+We no longer use "linmodems" in our boxes because of licensing issues.
 [[Category:modems]]
 [[Category:Build]]
 [[Category:Tech support]]

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 don't see a "Communication controller" (or something that is obviously a modem), chances are your hardware is not being
 recognized and you either have a bad modem, or a bad PCI slot. So try a different slot first, then try a different modem.
 ==Detecting==