Actually, my point was why bother using a USB modem instead of a regular
serial modem...which is what he indicated as being the focal point of his
investigation.
On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:59:28PM -0400, Michael Burger wrote:
>: Why bother?
>
> He doesn't have any ISA slots..
>
>: I mean...PCI is already overkill for a device that only transfers
>: data at a maximum rate of 53Kbps.
>
> Yes, but machines are coming with PCI slots, and not with ISA slots. For
> example, last time I bought a motherboard (as Asus CUSL2), it had ONE ISA
> slot. I don't have any more ISA devices, but still..
>
>: Isn't USB for a modem even more overkill?
>
> Nope. The PCI Bus can xfer data at a rate of 33 MB/s (that's megabytes,
> big B). The current USB 1.x spec has an xfer of 12 Mb/s (that's megabits,
> or 1.5 MB/s).
>
>: I've never, yet, understood the need for USB or PCI modems...
>
> ISA is finally going away, that's why! It's all about a move toward
> having only one or two connection types in a PC. If you use only USB
> devices, you can get rid of RS232 serial ports, parallel ports, game
> ports, etc. Heck, look at those Dell WebPCs, they ONLY have USB ports,
> IIRC.
>
>: Having said that, I haven't heard anything about USB modem support,
>: but one never knows.
>
> It's there, it works. I played with a USB modem briefly for some
> integration testing a couple of months back. The USB ethernet devices
> work pretty well too. I've got one in my lab right now on a box that I'm
> using to experiment with netfilter. Works like a champ on 2.4.0-test11,
> but also works on the 2.2.x with USB backport. BTW - 2.2.18 will have
> USB in the standard kernel distribution.
>
>
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