Linux & modems

[jeremy]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown
1800+ on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to
me that the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

Gotta love USR Sportsters and Couriers but they cost alot of $, as serial
modems typically do. NewEgg caries a USR PCI hardware modem usually ~$40ish

The Geeks have some low cost serial modems:

$16.50 CenDyne 56K V.92 External Serial Modem
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CDIMM00131-PB

$17.99 56K V.90 Data/Fax/Voice External Serial Modem
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5RJTAI-35500



damn they have a 800MHz Thinkpad for $379 too.

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[Bruin]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown 1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me that
the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

 

[CBFalconer]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas.
(Handmedown 1800+ on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM)
Suddenly it occurred to me that the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't
use Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem
is Linux compatible?

Good for him. Some PCI slot modems are not Winmodems, but it is
rare. The safest alternative is a real modem on a serial port.

 

[Lane Lewis]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown 1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me that
the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

It will say it's Linux compatible.

http://www.zoomtel.com/graphics/datasheets/dial_up/29200101.pdf

Lane

 

[philo]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown 1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me that
the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

An external serial modem is pretty much of a sure thing...
you should not go with the so called "win-modems" .Although some of
them are supported by linux it may be difficult to actually get them
working.

 

[Shep©]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown 1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me that
the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

Click here,
http://tinyurl.com/y4qy

HTH



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[stacey]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown
1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me
that the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

Normally it will say something like "hardware modem" as it costs more to
make thse so they want it known. The 3com performance pro is a great PCI
hardware modem that works easily with linux. Also any external modem will
work as well.

 

[kony]

Giving my brother a new motherboard, CPU, & RAM for Xmas. (Handmedown 1800+
on a Soya board & a stick of 256 meg RAM) Suddenly it occurred to me that
the MB does not have an ISA slot!

The man is fully disabled, fixed income, hates Microsoft & won't use
Windows. He uses Linux.. How does one tell if a PCI modem is Linux
compatible?

regards
Joe S.

Many of the conexant chipset modems are linux compatible, see here:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/

Here's a pretty good deal on a winmodem:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=25-119-102

 

[Shep©]

Yea, he is quite a charactor. Serial port modem looks to be the most
promising.

Thanks for the reply!

Check on here as well,
comp.dcom.modems


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[Muttly]

I was running a win modem for ages on my linux box. There was no problem
gettingit working once I got the right RPM for the chipset.
Martni.

 

[Bruin]

Gotta love USR Sportsters and Couriers but they cost alot of $, as serial
modems typically do. NewEgg caries a USR PCI hardware modem usually ~$40ish

The Geeks have some low cost serial modems:

$16.50 CenDyne 56K V.92 External Serial Modem
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CDIMM00131-PB

$17.99 56K V.90 Data/Fax/Voice External Serial Modem
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5RJTAI-35500



damn they have a 800MHz Thinkpad for $379 too.

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Thanks for the tips! External does seem to be the way to go. & you cant
beat 18.00.

 

[Bruin]

Good for him. Some PCI slot modems are not Winmodems, but it is
rare. The safest alternative is a real modem on a serial port.

Yea, he is quite a charactor. Serial port modem looks to be the most
promising.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Bruin]

An external serial modem is pretty much of a sure thing...
you should not go with the so called "win-modems" .Although some of
them are supported by linux it may be difficult to actually get them
working.

I can imagine. I seem to remember having a few issues with modems way back
when. I don't want my bother losing his mind trying to get some cheap PCI
modem working.

 

[Bruin]

Click here,
http://tinyurl.com/y4qy

HTH



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Thanks for the Google link... Fairly simple & yea, I had already done it &
read a couple sites, but nothing beats a good back & forth on the USENET.
Guess I should start all my newgroup posts with "after doing a bit of a
search on the net I thought I would post here & see what you guys have to
say about..."

 

[Bruin]

Normally it will say something like "hardware modem" as it costs more to
make thse so they want it known. The 3com performance pro is a great PCI
hardware modem that works easily with linux. Also any external modem will
work as well.

Hmmm... 3Com still making modems...

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Bruin]

Many of the conexant chipset modems are linux compatible, see here:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/

Here's a pretty good deal on a winmodem:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=25-119-102

hmmm Winmodems.... (shudder)
No no no, I have personally replaced a few of these in friends/family's
computers & had them howl with delight when they see the difference. Maybe
Linux can do it better but I just want this modem to work, 1st time. Serial
modem seems to be the best bet.

Thanks for the reply!