Re: [aclug-L] Modem configuration question

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bzzt, wrong answer :-)    (nice try though <g>)

First, the cua* devices are outdated.  The ttyS* devices should be
used instead; in this case, /dev/ttyS3 should be used.  There may be
more infor about this in the archives at
http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/aclug-l-9809/msg00040.html
.

Secondly, the symbolic link is a bad idea because it interferes with
port locking.  One should always use the port directly; otherwise, bad 
things can happen (you can be knocked off, data could be corrupted,
etc).  Also, the philosophy behind this is flawed; one may have more
than one modems.

If y'all want more details, yell; this is sorta the summary edition
:-)

John

"Brian J. Chapman" <bchapman@xxxxxx> writes:

> and don't forget to `ln -sf /dev/cua3 /dev/modem' (as root) so that all
> your programs can be setup up to use /dev/modem so in the future if you
> change port assignments all you do is have to relink /dev/modem and not
> reconfigure half your software ;)
> 
> 
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