Re: Configuring an ADSL connexion

thanks Kostas for precious help...
Actually i tried this method when i were trouble shouting this problem; when
i pressed "query Modem" i had a message saying can't find device...
I think that my modem is not yet configured or recognized by the RH
system....what can you suggest me?
reinstall the driver again ? is there any easy  method to configure the
Modem?
thanks

othman.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kostas Sfakiotakis" <[email protected]>
To: "Setting up dialup networking" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Configuring an ADSL connexion


> Greetings Othman ,
>
>
> othman El Moulat wrote:
> > Thanks Mark for your help...
> > I tried the method you described to me..by going to start ->system
> > settings->network
> > I chosed the adsl connexion option and DHCP...but when i activate the
device
> > i have a message saying :couldn't activate device...
> > I think the problem is that my ADSL modem is not detected and recognized
by
> > the system; may be because the driver was not installed successfully...
> > is there any way i can check if my device (USB WAN ADSL adapter (the
name as
> > stated in win box)) is installed and recognized by the RH system?
>
>
> I don't have an ADSL modem , but a winmodem , which works perfectly
> under Linux. The whole problem is , if there are drivers for your modem
> under Linux . Anyway from a console try the command
>
> #ls -lh /dev/modem
>
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 11 May 19 00:35 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyLT0
>                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
>                                                     This is my modem
>                                                     for example .
>
> if you get a response similar to the above then chances are
> that your modem is coorectly installed and the correct port for
> it is the one sawn on the right .
> Now you can try this :
>
> For the KDE DEsktop Enviroment :
>
> K---> Internet ---> More Internet Applications ---> KPPP
> On the screen that will be displayed choose setup .
> Then On the second tab the first value should be
> /dev/modem or the thing i marked with carrets ( ^^ ) .
> Now go to the third tab , there is a button saying
> "Query Modem " , press it . If the response is
> "Modem Ready" then your modem is correctly configured ,
> in any other case , your modem is not configured correctly and
> for that reason it cannot operate properly .
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>      Kostas
>
>
> > thanks
> > ozman
> >
>
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