RE: [Sheflug] hi

[Ross Goodley <nospam [at] krisalis.co.uk>]

Don't have to disconnect the serialports, just run 'minicom -s' as root, and
it goes straight to the setup menu.
	HTH
	R

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris J/#6 [mailto:nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 09:07
To: Sheflug
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] hi 



> HI ALL   
> I am running slackware 7.1 on my p75 laptop.
> I appear to have a modem started on com1
>  I would like to talk directly to a router to set it up.
> How do i do this
> Normally i would use Hyperterminal in win98, create a connection to com1 
> at 9600 baud, x-on xoff, term type ansi.
> What software in linux can i useand how do i configure it?
> Do i have to kill the modem, If so how ?
> and how do i restart it after i have done.

The program you want to take a gander at is minicom...by default, it tries
to send a bunch of AT commands to the config'd serial device (its default
config assumes its talking to a modem), so what you may want to do is start
minicom whilst nothing is connected to the serial ports, modify the config
(ie, remove all the AT strings), save the config, and restart minicom.

As far as whether a modem is connected or not ... unless you're actually
using a modem, there should be no problem. What tells you you have a modem?
You don't need to kill the modem ... if you have one connected, just unplug
it and plug the router in. If not, then nothing to worry about - just ignore
the modem config :)

Chris...

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