Configuring modems

You can choose how to add the configuration information for modems:

• automatically

• manually

If you have to relink the kernel with a new serial port driver, exit the Modem Manager, and then shut down and reboot your system.

You must re-invoke the Modem Manager after your system has rebooted to be able to detect a modem automatically.

You do not need to reboot the system to add a modem manually to a newly defined port, but you will not be able to use the modem or the port until you reboot the system.

Detecting a modem automatically

To detect a modem automatically, in the Modem Manager:

1. Verify that the modem is connected and switched on.

2. Select Add from the Modem menu, and then select Automatic detection.

3. Select the serial port to which the modem is attached, or select All to have the system examine all serial ports.

   If you want the modem to answer incoming calls automatically, click on Configure port and follow the instructions given in ``Configuring a serial port'' to configure the port. If you use the Serial Manager to configure a modem-control serial port as incoming only or incoming and outgoing, the modem will answer incoming calls automatically (``auto-answer'').

4. Click on Detect to start the system searching for the modem. As the serial port is probed, the indicator lights on the modem should flicker on and off for several seconds. While the Modem Manager probes the serial port(s), it updates the list of the modems that it has detected.

5. When it finishes probing the ports, select the modems to add, and click on Add.

   If the system does not detect a modem, check that the modem is connected correctly and is switched on. Some older models of modem are not capable of being detected. If automatic detection still fails, enter the configuration manually as described in ``Adding a modem manually''.

Adding a modem manually

To add the configuration information for a modem, in the Modem Manager:

1. Select Add from the Modem menu, and then select Manual configuration to bring up the Modem Configuration window.

2. Enter the following information:

   Modem vendor

   Select the manufacturer of your modem. If this is not listed, select (Standard Modem Types).

   Modem model

   Select the modem model. If you selected (Standard Modem Types) for the Modem vendor, select the appropriate Standard speed bps Modem.

   Modem port

   Select the serial port to which the modem is attached.

   If you want the modem to answer incoming calls automatically, click on Configure port and follow the instructions given in ``Configuring a serial port'' to configure the port. If you use the Serial Manager to configure a serial port as incoming only or incoming and outgoing, the Modem Manager will configure the modem to automatically answer (``auto-answer'') incoming calls.

3. Click on OK to accept the configuration.