Installing a Modem

Installing a Modem

This section describes how to install a modem onto a serial port. It describes how to set up the hardware and software to support a UUCP modem connection.

Topics in this section are:

"Before You Begin" provides a list of prerequisites that you should be aware of.
"Connecting the Modem Hardware" describes the hardware connections that you should make before configuring the software.
"Setting Up the Modem Software" describes the software configuration procedure.

Silicon Graphics is compatible with most industry-standard modems. This section uses the US Robotics Sportster and Telebit modems as examples for the installation procedure. If you are using another type of modem, substitute its information where applicable.

You can use the standard system software to set up a modem for three different modes:

As a dial-in modem--other users can call your modem to log in to your system.
As a dial-out modem--you use the modem to call a remote modem to log in to the system to where the remote modem is connected.
As a dial-in/dial-out modem--other users can call your modem and you can call other modems.

If you want to set up your modem for a SLIP or PPP connection, complete the modem configuration steps in the chapter and then refer to the SLIP or PPP configuration procedures in IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail.

Before You Begin
Connecting the Modem Hardware
Setting Up the Modem Software
Dialing Out to Another Modem