Re: [aclug-L] No modem

["Alex M." <alx@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Cheez-Czar wrote:

> /dev/modem is often a symbolic link to your modem device try /dev/ttyS3
> (linux com numbers start at 0 not 1, so it is one less then the windows
> com #) (or make a symbolic link to it by:
> rm /dev/modem    
> ln -s /dev/ttyS3 /dev/modem 
> )

As a convention, I believe, outgoing devices are represented by /dev/cua0
(com1) and incoming devices are represented by /dev/ttys0 (also come1).  

I don't think it matters which one you use but I have usually seen
/dev/modem linked to the cua devices.


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