Re: Port for standard modem?

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

> What is the standard port for ppp?
> I have a A4000 with a 56k telix modem
> connected on the standard serial port.
> 
> I assume it is ttyS0 but I'm not sure..
> The pppconfig program couldn't identify
> which port the modem was connected so
> either the modem isn't recognized by my
> Debian system OR the ppp is not compiled
> into the kernel, and since loading of
> modules fails, this is not an option.

its /dev/ttyS0

you have to give the full device path to such comms programs.

why does module loading fail?  have you examined
the contents of your /lib/modules/{kernel-version} directory
fully?

alan