[CentOS] External Dial-up Modem

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Graham Johnston wrote:
> I am having an issue with Centos 6 and an external USRobotics modem.  We
> use the modem as part of a last resort SMS paging system.
>
> Across multiple Dell servers, different models, I can't not get the
> modem to respond to simple AT commands while using Minicom.  At the same
> time if I connect the server to a console port on a switch I can
> successfully access the switches serial console.  So I know the serial
> port itself is working.  The modem still works fine if connected to a
> Centos 5 server.

I'd think that there may be some default settings in minicom that need to
be different for that specific modem.

       mark