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I'm trying to add a second dial-up line to a Linux server without much luck. &nbsp;I've followed the serial howto, step-by-step 3 times but can't get it to work. &nbsp;The modem works just fine to dial out, but when you dial in, it doesn't give you a login prompt. &nbsp;I am using &quot;agetty&quot;, the modem is on ttyS16, connected using a 16 port BocaBoard, and the modem itself is an AT&amp;T Dataport 28.8. &nbsp;And &quot;yes&quot;, I did add a line to my inittab to run agetty on ttyS16. &nbsp;I'm sure I've overlooked something simple but damned if I can figure it out.
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I'm trying to add a second dial-up line to a Linux server without much luck.  I've followed the serial howto, step-by-step 3 times but can't get it to work.  The modem works just fine to dial out, but when you dial in, it doesn't give you a login prompt.  I am using "agetty", the modem is on ttyS16, connected using a 16 port BocaBoard, and the modem itself is an AT&T Dataport 28.8.  And "yes", I did add a line to my inittab to run agetty on ttyS16.  I'm sure I've overlooked something simple but damned if I can figure it out.

Dial-up modems

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