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--- guides:virtual_modem:section_4 [2019-02-18 03:05]
omolini [Making Virtual Modem run at startup]
+++ guides:virtual_modem:section_4 [2019-08-22 18:22]
omolini [Name of the serial port]
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 ====== Section 4 - Setting up Virtual Modem ======
 ==== Required packages ====
-  * For the connection script to work properly, your Raspbian installation needs a few prerequisite packages. The most important of these is the PPP daemon "pppd" and IP Tables to route packages.
+For the connection script to work properly, your Raspbian installation needs a few prerequisite packages. The most important of these is the PPP daemon **"pppd"** and **IP Tables** to route packages.
   * Run the following commands to install pppd and iptables:
 <code bash>
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 ==== Name of the serial port ====
-The VModem script has been preconfigured to use **ttyUSB0**  as the default serial port name. Usually Raspbian will call its first serial port adapter **ttyUSB0** when using USB to Serial converters, and you will not need to modify this script. However, if the name is something **different**, such as **ttyAMA0**, you may need to update the script to point to the correct serial port name. The following section described how to double-check your serial port name:
+The VModem script has been preconfigured to use **ttyUSB0**  as the default serial port name. Typically Raspbian will call its first serial port adapter **ttyUSB0** when using USB to Serial converters, and you won't need to modify this script. However, if the name is something **different**, such as **ttyAMA0**, you may need to update the script to point to the correct serial port name. The following section described how to double-check your serial port name:
 To confirm your serial port name, do the following:
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 ===== Getting online =====
-Check out specific guides on how to interface different computers and devices with VModem:
+Now you can proceed to check out the system specific guides on how to interface different vintage computers and devices with VModem:
   * [[Guides:Connecting Windows 3.1 to the Internet]]
-  * [[Guides:Connecting Windows 95/98 to the Internet]] COMING SOON
+  * [[Guides:Connecting Windows 9x to the Internet]]
+  * [[Guides:Connecting a Macintosh Classic to the Internet]] COMING SOON
   * [[Guides:Connecting a Digital VT100 compatible terminal to the Internet]] COMING SOON
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 ===== Making Virtual Modem run at startup =====
 After you **have verified** that the VModem works properly on the console (see previous section), and you are able to connect to the Internet, you can make VModem run automatically as a background process after the Raspberry Pi is powered on.
-  * Run the following command:
+There are two ways you can do this:
+**1)** You can either run the following command which will automatically add VModem to your /etc/rc.local:
 <code bash>
 sudo sh -c 'printf "`head -n -1 /etc/rc.local`\n\ncd /boot/vmodem\n./vmodem.sh &\n\nexit 0\n" >/etc/rc.local'
 </code>
-  * To restart the Raspberry and test the changes, issue the following command:
+**2)** Or you can edit your rc.local manually. Make sure your /etc/rc.local has the following at the bottom:
 <code bash>
-sudo shutdown -r now
+# Start serial port and simulate a modem
+cd /boot/vmodem/
+/boot/vmodem/vmodem.sh &
+exit 0
 </code>
-  * After the Raspberry Pi boots, VModem should automatically start up with the system and start expecting connections on serial.
+  * Restart Raspberry and test the changes. After rebooting, VModem should automatically start up with system processes and start expecting connections on serial.
 ==== Skip to other sections ====

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