Creating a Dial-Up Connection with
the Internet Configuration Wizard
If you are using a Fedora or RHEL system, you can use the Internet Configuration Wizard to set up
dial-up networking. Here??™s how:
1. Choose System???Administration???Network. When the window appears, select New. (Type
the root password, if prompted.) An Add New Device Type window appears (see Figure 5-8).
FIGURE 5-8
The Internet Configuration Wizard helps you set up a PPP Internet connection.
2. Select Modem connection and click Forward. The wizard searches for a modem and then
the Select Modem window appears.
3. Select the following modem properties:
Modem Device??”If the modem is connected to your first serial port (COM1) you can
select /dev/ttyS0; for the second serial port (COM2) choose /dev/ttyS1. (By convention,
the device is often linked to /dev/modem. Type ls -l /dev/modem to see if it
is linked to /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, or another tty device.)
Baud Rate??”This is the rate at which the computer talks to the modem (which is
typically considerably faster than the modem can talk over the phone lines). The
default is 115200 bits per second, which is probably fine for dial-up connections.
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Flow Control??”Check the modem documentation to see if the modem supports
hardware flow control (CRTSCTS).
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