System Administration Guide Advanced Administration


How to Set Up a Modem


Start the Solaris Management Console, if it’s not already running.

% /usr/sadm/bin/smc &

For information on starting the Solaris Management Console, see “ Starting the Solaris Management
Console ” in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.

Click This Computer icon in the Navigation pane.

Click Devices and Hardware—>Serial Ports.
The Serial Ports menu is displayed.

Select the port that will be used with a modem.
Choose one of the following Configure options from the Action menu.

a. Configure—>Modem (Dial In)
b. Configure—>Modem (Dial Out)
c. Configure—>Modem (Dial In/Out)

The Configure Serial Port window is displayed in Basic Detail mode.
For a description of the Modem menu items, see Table 9–3.

Click OK.

To configure the advanced items, select the port configured as a modem. Then, select Properties
from the Action menu.

Change the values of template entries, if desired.

Click OK to configure the port.

Verify that themodemservice has been configured.
$ pmadm -l -s ttyn