modem issues

[Tommy Moore]

Hi.

Are you using com2 at all? If so com prots one and three are on irq four and ports two and four are on three so this might be the issue.
Also you'll want to make a link in /dev from /dev/ttyS4 to /dev/modem if you haven't done this yet.

Tommy
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 07:07:04PM -0500, Patrick Turnage wrote:
> Hi
> I have a modem that is a USR 28.8 internal ISA board, I do not believe it
> is a winmodem because it works parcially in linux.
> I am doing commands like
> echo atdt 1234567 >/dev/ttyS3
> and the command does not return me back to the prompt, it just sits there
> for a few seconds and then it finally dials that number for me..
> wvdial can't detect my modem, and when I bring up minicom and watch the
> modem and call my number with my cellphone the word ring is not displayed
> on the screen.. 
> everything is slow with my modem, I enter ata and it takes a second or so
> to answer, and ath and atdt take forever too.. Is this some common issue?
> Where should I look to begin finding out what is up with this modem.
> 
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