Linux dialer

[jimbojames5645]

I'm trying to dial out thru my modem from the command line, as i want to setup an autodialer. How do i do this, ie how do i write to the serial device, etc? Thanks for the help

 

[weevilofdoom]

to setup a dialup connection from the commandline, you use

pppsetup, or is it ppp-setup, i'm not sure, i haven't done it in a long while, then you use ppp-go to dial once you have set it up. You can put this command into a simple script, and not have to worry about writing too much yourself.

as for modem/serial devices, I believe they are under /dev/ttySxx where xx is a number, my modem is on /dev/ttyS2 (com3), although I don't use it :-D. Anyway, I hope this helps you out a little bit. As for dialup, you could always put it in an rc.d startup script for connecting on bootup, and on disconnects, you can do some sort of scripting, or probably find something already out there for you. Why re-invent the wheel

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