On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > I'm new to this list and I'm new to Linux as well, however I'm not new to
> > computers. I'm more of a Mac expert than anything else. I got 6.2 for my
> > PC, a HP Pavilion and I got it installed and it all seems to work but I
> > can't get it to recognize the modem. I have a Supra/Diamond internal PCI
> > 56K modem. What do I have to set up to get it to work?
> >
> It's a "softmodem" and will only work with EXTREME
> prejudice in linux. It requires proprietary software which,
> while it HAS been hacked together for some "WinModems" may
> or may not have been hacked for your modem. About 95-98% of
> all PCI modems are "WinModems" (TM 3com) which require
> proprietary software.
> To see if your modem has software for it, go to
> www.linmodems.org.
> If you want to avoid headaches, get rid of it and get a
> REAL modem (most ISA modems and all serial-based externals
> will work.)
Avoid however, external USB modems, because:
a) USB support in Linux is limited to say the least
and
b) A lot of USB modems are winmodems anyway (IIRC).
Tom
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