Okie.. It's all good now. I can connect via modem no problem. Thanks for
everyones help! 

Also, I have a modified version of pppsetup < I grabbed the script from
slackware linux > And it seems to support all kinds of authentication and other
goodies. It's still in its early 'porting stages' I have set up a PAP
authenticated connection just now on my laptop. Im sure its very apt to create
the scripts and CHAP. There are some other options for callback and all that
but Im afraid that the callback options rely's on a LInux ELF binary that I
have yet to find the source for. If anyone has any ideas or would like to help
with the total porting of this script and all it's binaty components let me
know < I'm between jobs now and have LOTS of time -- got sick of supporting
Windows yuk! >

now, where would I find out what PCMCIA cards are supported and which ones are
being planned to be supported ;)?


cheers

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On 09-Dec-99 Laine Stump wrote:
> At 12:02 PM 12/9/99 -0500, dbsaint@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>I have a laptop that I'm trying to get networked and so on.. I have a PCMCIA
>>modem that /netbsd finds and reports everything ok .. ie no 'Device not
>>configured' messages and it says something to the extent of com3 for that
>>device. How do I know what device file this modem is on ? would it be
>>/dev/tty00, 01 ?
> 
> com3 is equivalent to /dev/tty03. You may not have a device node for that
> tty (the standard install only does tty00 - tty02). To make one, do the
> following (as root):
> 
>       cd /dev
>       ./MAKEDEV tty3
> 
> (yes, the "0" is left out on purpose. Don't ask me why, but that's what
> works).
> 
> After you've done this, you can test basic operation of the modem with tip.
> Just add the following entry to /etc/remote:
> 
>       tty03:dv=/dev/tty03:br#57600:pa=none:dc:
> 
> (replacing 57600 with whatever baudrate is appropriate for your modem),
> then issue this command:
> 
>       tip tty03
> 
> You should now be able to type "AT<enter>" and get an "OK" response.
> "<enter>~." will get you out of tip.