I can't help with the modem issue, other then to say make sure your flow control settings match. As for a distro, I'd recomend Debian. Use testing, stable is antique. Scott On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, William Smith wrote:

I have a SPARCstation 10 with RH 6.2 loaded.

I am trying to get it configured as an Internet gateway, but the big hurdle I am trying to jump over right now is the modem communication.

I have checked the PROM settings and they match what I am using minicom with: 57600-8N1. (I am trying to use minicom to debug serial connection with the modem.)

When I send commands to the modem, I see the modem is getting information, but it doesn't look like the modem is responding. I don't see an OK reply, much less any other sign of life...

The modem in question is a Zoom 56k (it is the one I usually use to connect to the 'Net with, and it has worked with Linux and my ISP flawlessly in the recent past).

Once I get past this, then I can look at making sure PPP works (which I anticipate to be a relatively minor ordeal, since I have a pretty good idea what to do), and then firewall stuff.

While I think of it, would anyone know of any distributions with more-recent SPARC support? I'd like to see 2.4.x kernels with iptable support, as well as more up-to-date tools, but seeing as this beastie is on the "slow" side, recompiling everything myself would be tantamount to torture.... 8(

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

William Smith wsmith@chezsmith.com Fall River, MA www.chezsmith.com

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