Help installing/using Robotics 5686E modem

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:06:02 GMT
mbrame <mbrame@no-mx.forums.novell.com> wrote:

>
> I am trying to get an external modem (dial-up) working. I have it
> connected through the serial port, and some of the red LEDs flash
> occassionally, so it seems to be physically connected.
> I have a HP dc5850 SFF computer with SLED 10.2 sp2. I know almost
> nothing about Linux, but I'm not afraid to learn. How do I get the OS
> to work with this modem?
>
> BTW Is SUSE associated with UBUNTU? I have a book on UBUNTU;would it
> help me learn SUSE? If not, how should I get started learning SUSE?
>
>
Hi
No Ubuntu is a Debian based system so package management and where
configs files go, startup scripts are different.

If you start YaST->Hardware->Modem you should be able to configure it
there.

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