linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Help with Ubuntu 9.04

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "rkzbos" <jackrossini@...> wrote:
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> Hello, I read through the Linux Newbie FAQ and could not find the help I was looking for.
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> I have Ubuntu 9.04 and I can not get it to find my external US Robotic modem.
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> What should I do?
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> Thank you
> jack
>

Hey a US Robotics external modem you say? They're the best! I still have mine. It was like 15 years ago but this is what I can recall.

First off establish a connection manually with a terminal emulator just so you know exactly how to make the connection. You'll need a program like minicom or kermit. You just have to be observant during the process so you know how the connection is made.

Then you need to write a script to automatically get your connection running. This is what I used back then:

http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/pppsetup.html

Good luck and keep at it you'll get it.

These might help too:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html

Paul