On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: > Save yourself a lot of trouble, just pick up a USR V92 faxmodem or > equivalent making sure it's -external-. Besides absolutely ensuring > compatability, you can use it for a backup dialup connection on the WAN > side of a broadband router if/when you get cable or DSL access to the 'net. > > Good luck, > Steve > > On June 16, 2002 10:06 pm, Chris Kenrick wrote: > > I'm just about to do a motherboard upgrade, and that will mean replacing > > my current modem, which is unfortunately ISA based. > > > > Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the > > cheaper internal modems are very likely to be winmodems, and (possibly) > > unsupported, but I'm not so sure about the others. Note that even > > though I've heard arguments that external modems are much better than > > internal because you can see what's happening with the lights, I've > > never really had trouble with the internal one as such, and not having > > to find space for YAP (yet another peripheral) is a good thing. If > > external is better to guarantee that it works with Linux, then that's > > fine too. > >
though steve's regard for the regular standard of response--vis a vis, quotation above, notation below--is apparently retarded, the advice is sound. there's no good reason, ever, to use an internal modem, and usr faxmodems are consistently reliable as far as linux is concerned. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
