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Date:      Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:12:46 +0300
From:      Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa>
To:        Sukmin Jeong <jsm@cm.ph.tsukuba.ac.jp>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 
Message-ID:  <3699EABD.D1CA0B3F@qatar.net.qa>
References:  <199901110428.NAA24601@ponque.ph.tsukuba.ac.jp>

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Sukmin Jeong wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>   I have a question regarding using a modem on freeBSD.
>
>   I am using a Dell computer (Dimension V series) with an internal modem
> of US Robotics (Sportster WinModem 56K). The problem is that the freeBSD
> cannot find the modem. The modem is installed to COM2 on Win98 which
> corresponds to sio1 on freeBSD. However, in booting message, I found that
>
>         sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
>         sio0: type 16550A
>         sio1 ... (I cannot remember exactly, but it is different from sio0)
>         sio1: ...
>
> It seems that the freeBSD does not recognize my modem.

hi

to setup modem in FreeBSD, do the following as ROOT
$rm -rf /dev/modem
$ln -s /dev/cuaa1 /dev/modem    #com2 =cuaa1
then run minicom to call out side
$minicom -s

thx
-Pons


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