PC_Tel

How to install and configure a PC_Tel modem under Debian “Etch”

• Install the modem into an available PCI slot
• Boot up the machine
• Look here to get the most current version of scanModem
  • Download scanModem.gz
  • Unzip it with gunzip scanModem.gz
  • Make it executable with chmod +x scanModem
  • Run it with ./scanModem
  • navigate to the created /Modem directory and read ModemData.txt
• Hopefully scanModem detected the modem, and provides a link where to go and get drivers, like http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/pctel/pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-7.tar.gz
• Download drivers
• Untar and unzip per instructions in /Modem/ModemData.txt
• Navigate to the newly created /pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-7 directory
• As root, run ./setup and if lucky, modem is detected and activated
• Add the required drivers to /etc/modules to be loaded on boot:
  • pctel_hw
  • pctel
  • linmodem
• Follow the instructions on the installation page to create a persistent /dev/modem symlink
• Test by rebooting and making sure the modem still works