Actiontec Call Waiting PCI Modem

[rforbesjr]

I am new to Linux and I don't know how to get this modem to work. Help!

[bdg1983]

Don't use any kind of modems with Linux myself, so http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/index.html

[ClearNinja]

I think it depends which distro you run, because in redhat (7.0 at least)the pci modem cant be on the same irq as the usb ports so you would have to open your case and manually move your cards around to get them off the same irq. After that you
cat /proc/pciinfo

you can send the output to a file so you can view it in vi but I dont usually.

then in there you can look for your modem it usually says communication device and it has the name of your controller manufacter.
then underneth it somewhere it will tell you what its i/o address is and irq and such.

you look for your irq and i/o address

your i/o address will be aranged something like this:

0xce00
0xee00
0xec00

those are just ones that i made up cause i wasnt sure what they really are because im not at my box but you take the first one the 0xce00 in this case and write it down. as well as your irq number which will be around the controller name somewhere its says irq 5 or whatever.

then you do this command

setserial ttyS2 uart 16550A port 0xce00 irq 5

remember to put your i/o port at 0xce00 and your own irq in.

you will have to put this command in rc.local for it to work when you reboot your pc.

you also have to be in root. but im sure you knew that. I hope I helped

[ 22 April 2001: Message edited by: ClearNinja ]