Winmodem Setup

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Author:	Norom
Created On:	March 16th, 2000
Updated On:	April 9th, 2000

Recently Lucent Technology released a binary-only driver for its Software-based modems. This is a simple guide to get you up and running - to turn that winmodem into a linmodem.

First off, this will not help everybody. The driver is specifically aimed at the Lucent Mars chipset, but may work on other softmodems with a 'LT' in the title. These may include modem recently provided by Dell, IBM, HP, Compaq, and Toshiba.

Obtain the kernel module kit from http://www.linmodems.org. open this with

mkdir ltmodem
mv linux568.zip ltmodem
cd ltmodem
unzip linux568.zip

If you use Redhat, you can follow the readme.txt included with the zip file. Other linux systems (or the readme-impared :) will need to continue here.

Obtain my scripts. Now do the following:

su -
mkdir /root/.modules
cp ltmodem.o /root/.modules
tar zxvf norom-linmodem.tar.gz
cp lti ltu /usr/local/sbin

Now run lti (as root) before your ISP dialing program (my favorite is WVDial)

If WVdial doesn't work for you, please follow some of the guides back in the guides section.

If you have trouble making your favorite ISP dialer work, make sure it knows to use device /dev/ttyS14 (if you don't know what I am talking about, give WVDial a try and you won't have to worry about it)

After you are done on the internet, run ltu (as root again) to reclaim half a meg of memory.

If you have any troubles, stop by #linuxhelp.net/dalnet and ask for help. Good luck.

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