[nmglug] dial up

[akaluta at zianet.com]

Please correct if necessary,I assume the modem is recognized by: by ls -l 
/dev/tty* result being:
crw-rw 1 root dialout 166 0 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw  dialout 4 64 /dev/ttyS0 ...4 67 /dev/ttyS3
also checked /proc/ioports don't recognize much, looked around  syslog don't 
recognize much there. 

There is no PPP or other utility on the install disc that I recognize.I 
would like to download one of these utilities using my available Vista 
laptop resource.Will I have a file conflict by simply downloading PPP or 
wvdial to removable media and loading to Debian, which I have installed on 
my desktop.
Would there be another alternate readily implamentable strategy to explore? 

I have enjoyed exploring the various suggestions from glug et al  to this 
query and learned a bit more hoping to soon be a contented member of the 
dial up community.
                                                Thanks to All, Anthony K 

 

Sam Noble writes: 

> On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 06:03 -0600, akaluta at zianet.com wrote:
>> The installed distro does 
>> not seem to do anything with my dial up modem. Anyone have any head-up 
>> 
>> how to proceed. looked in ls -l /dev found a few things with dial up 
>> attached. do not find uvdial in programs may be the problem.
> 
> I think you're thinking of wvdial. Which is not strictly necessary to
> use a modem, but it is one of the easier ways to get dial up working. 
> 
>> If that is in 
>> fact the problem that would lead to the question of how to download
>> from 
>> vista and load to Ubuntu.
> 
> Shouldn't be a big problem, Just a matter of finding all the packages
> you need since you won't have apt to resolve dependencies on the fly. 
> 
>> Am I on the right track? assume there is no plug and play, any
>> comments 
>> please. 
> 
> Many USB modems work great these days. I've been buying Zoom and Hayes
> (Zoom bought Hayes but they still sell as both brands.) USB modems for a
> project at work. They use the cdc_acm driver, but the upshot is you plug
> them in and they automagically create /dev/ttyUSBx. 
> 
>> The second topic,will anyone who is planning to be at the Santa Fe
>> meeting 
>> Thursday be willing to meet and guide me through a dual boot
>> vista/debian 
>> install.
> 
> I don't imagine anyone being excited to work with Vista, Dual-booting is
> easy-schmeazy though of course as Mars suggests, virtualization is
> usually more useful these days. 
> 
>> I would be comming from Taos for such a  meeting,so if I could firm 
>> up an arrangement,I,in exchange,subject to a successful install,would
>> in 
>> turn,provied a complimentry dinner at Santa Fe's finest baking
>> company,you 
>> also receive a slap on the back and a hearty handshake. So best
>> regards to 
>> all be well. Anthony K
> 
> Sorry Anthony, nobody here works for food! At nmglug we're passionate
> about freedom and software, so everyone gets access to our resources,
> human and otherwise, in order to answer questions, help solve problems
> and keep members informed. So it's all free whether you like it or not,
> (exceptions may be made for back-slaps and handshakes, In fact Jason's
> been looking like he could use some dorsal-fin beating  :) 
> 
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