[TriLUG] Linux Laptop

[WA Brown]

What would be the exact command to "cat" for any modems? The dialup is
what I need.


WA Brown



On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:35 -0800, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Tom Eisenmenger wrote:
> >
> >> Is there some way I could quickly check modem functionality (sorry,
> >> still a noob)?
> >
> > dial your own phone#
> 
> this is my check, however I don't know which parts you don't 
> have working. You need
> 
> o hardware to be recognised by the kernel (it will be 
> a /dev/ttyS?) - try cat'ing the device to see which ones are 
> alive. Check dmesg, /var/log/ for clues if you can't find 
> it.
> 
> o link /dev/modem to the device. Try dialing with minicom.
> 
> Joe
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