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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!newsfeeder.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!visi.com!usenet From: dougb@sihope.com (Doug Bailey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Modem Help...Please? Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 22:01:01 GMT Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4hl2bt$9s@news.visi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: digi-dialup-1-1.sihope.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I'm a suffering Unix newbie, and though I've managed to get FreeBSD 2.1 installed on my machine, I've been utterly unable to divine how to get the damn thing to communicate with a modem. I have a U.S. Robotics 28800 external connected to COM2 (which in the FreeBSD world appears to be /dev/ttyd1) Though I've read everything I can find, I am unable to come up with a setup which will allow me to dial out on this modem or to receive calls on it. I know you have to create an entry in /etc/remote, and I know you have to edit /etc/ttys but I'm thoroughly, abjectedly unable to come up with any combination of things that'll let me use tip or cu to originate a call. I have been able to get the DTR light on the modem to come on and go off, but that is about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Regards, Doug =================================================================== I collected 35,000 Adventure Team Miles and All I Got Was Emphysema ===================================================================