[Soekris] PCI Modem for Console Access on net 4801

[Heather Lockridge]

Thanks, mgetty like in getty, agetty, etc.  I will try.

Looks like I have a lot of experimenting to do.

Regards,

Heather

----- Original Message ----
From: Maurice Janssen <mauricej at xs4all.nl>
To: Heather Lockridge <heathlock_1997 at yahoo.com>
Cc: RB <aoz.syn at gmail.com>; soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:39:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Soekris] PCI Modem for Console Access on net 4801


On Friday, August 10, 2007 at 08:30:24 -0700, Heather Lockridge wrote:
>Thanks for the links.
>
>So, after looking around on these, it looks like an inexpensive modem
>like the Aopen FM56-SVV which uses a Conexant chip set might work.
>
>And am I correct in thinking that I would need to make a link from to
>connect /dev/modem to a tty so when dialing into the modem I could get
>a console prompt?

You need something more than just that.  Something needs to tell the
modem to go off hook when a call comes in.
I've been using mgetty for this and I'm quite happy with it.

Maurice


       
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