>Make sure the entry in /etc/remote for the modem has ":dc" in it - that
>means don't wait for carrier detect to be asserted before communicating.
>You should then be able to talk to the modem, I think.
It works! thanks.
(Setting up ppp and NAT will be the next challenge for me ;-)

>Or use /dev/dty00 if you have it. It's just like tty00 except it doesn't
>wait for carrier detect (it's the _d_ial out port).
(There is no /dev/dt00, nor does MAKEDEV know how to make it.)

     Jan