Re: [aclug-L] Modem Setup

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

diald, netcfg, scripts, there are more than i would care to keep track
of

phrostie

Sanjay Dhar wrote:

Hi,

Thank you guys for all your valuable opinions. I'll definitely keep them
in mind when I buy a new modem.

I wanted to know of the other modules which I would need to install which
would recognize the modem. Is there an equivalent of (excuse me for saying
this) Hyperterminal in Linux?

I would appreciate if someone could give me a short list of the steps
that I need to follow once the modem is physically installed so that Linux
can recognize it and just dial a number through the modem. Are there any
Web pointers for helping me set this up?

Regards,
Sanjay

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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, John Goerzen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I generally reccommend a US Robotics/3COM Sportster modem.  Any US Robotics
> modem will be good, EXCEPT for the WinModem.  NEVER buy a winmodem.
>
> As for ISPs, to the best of my knowledge, SouthWind is the only one with
> tech support people that will answer Internet-related Linux questions for
> dialup accounts.  Linux itself will work with many ISPs, but you may have to
> figure out how to set it up yourself.
>
> (Disclaimer: I am a sysadmin at SouthWind, in case that may skew what I'm
> telling you about ISPs.)
>
> John
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:08:55AM -0600, Sanjay Dhar wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My Debian 2.0 machine is up and running (finally). I'm now planning to buy
> > a modem for it. But, I really wasn't sure which modem to buy. Any
> > comments/suggestions would be welcome. I also wanted to know about the
> > standard packages which would be needed for dial-up capability. (I know
> > nothing about dial-up software in Linux) Also, a list of ISPs who support
> > Linux OS would definitely help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >       SANJAY DHAR
> >
> >       Tel(R)    : (316) 685-4302
> >       Tel(O)    : (316) 636-8649
> >
> >       sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >       Sanjay.Dhar@xxxxxxxx
> >
> >       http://www.cs.twsu.edu/~sxdhar
> >
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