Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to group with QUESTION

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:08:36PM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Lieberman" <quartz@...> wrote:
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> > > Step 3 negotiate a connection with your ISP
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> > > How do I initialize my serial port? and what is a serial port?

I've read you do it like this:

$ sudo ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
then check it with the command:
$ ls -lt /dev/modem
and you should see something like:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-12-12 12:27 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0

But that is just something I read. I have no idea if that is accurate or not.

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> > > Fred
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> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> > this should tell you everything you ever needed to know about serial ports and more:
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> > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html
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> The new user might find all that extraneous information somewhat, errm,
> extraneous.

Lol! Especially trying to read all of that from windows with internet
explorer on dialup...

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> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-configure-modem-to-connect-to-the-internet-using-a-ppp-dialup-account.html
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> seems to be more useful for the beginner.
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> > It is ALL in there.
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> Heh--ALL is the word, alright.
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> --
> Scott Robbins
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