Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
> wherever you heard that should be dismissed for lack of credibility. i'm > running the same modem, albeit an earlier v.90 incarnation, for a year > without the slightest problem. it's possible that your source made an > assumption based on the fact the usr--and it's usr, not usb--site doesn't

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 02:56:11PM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: > No external modem is a Winmodem. If you buy an external modem you are Sadly, this is no longer true. Be wary of any modem retailing under $80. > a) You can see what state it is at all

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread ben
On Thursday 06 June 2002 04:23 am, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > Note this also supports the new V92 standard. It seems like a good modem. > > Any external modem would be Ok with Linux, but the USR models seem to be > > a good safe choice. > > USB too? > I remember having heard that USB modems wer

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > Note this also supports the new V92 standard. It seems like a good modem. > > Any external modem would be Ok with Linux, but the USR models seem to be a > > good safe choice. > > USB too? > I remember having heard that USB modems were basically

RE: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread Jan Johansson
> USB too? > I remember having heard that USB modems were basically winmodems No, almost all USB modems are "real" modems. But they still require drivers. But there are drivers for quite a few. http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/usblist.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread marshal
> "Jeronimo" == Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Note this also supports the new V92 standard. It seems like a >> good modem. Any external modem would be Ok with Linux, but the >> USR models seem to be a good safe choice. Jeronimo> USB too? I remember havin

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
> Note this also supports the new V92 standard. It seems like a good modem. > Any external modem would be Ok with Linux, but the USR models seem to be a > good safe choice. USB too? I remember having heard that USB modems were basically winmodems, and therefore wouldn't work with Linux. If you con

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-05 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 4 Jun 2002, Paul Miller wrote: > > Could someone recommend a good modem for linux? I'm looking for a PCI > modem with good voice and faxing capabilities. I'm thinking about USR's > 56K* V.92 Performance Pro Modem, anyone have experience with this modem? I recently bought an external USR 56

Re: good Linux modems

2002-06-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 05:34:34PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > Could someone recommend a good modem for linux? I'm looking for a PCI > modem with good voice and faxing capabilities. I'm thinking about USR's > 56K* V.92 Performance Pro Modem, anyone

good Linux modems

2002-06-04 Thread Paul Miller
Could someone recommend a good modem for linux? I'm looking for a PCI modem with good voice and faxing capabilities. I'm thinking about USR's 56K* V.92 Performance Pro Modem, anyone have experience with this modem? Is there Linux software that could act as an answering machine? Thanks, -Paul