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Trouble finding driver for winmodem
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| Signals 2004-11-08, 2:45 am |
| I run Knoppix with a persistant home directory on disk, due to lack of
HDD space at the moment. Everything works fine, except that I'm unable
to dialup because my modem isn't supported. I did some searching
beforehand, and was unable to find a compatible driver for my US
Robotics 56k Voice winmodem. If anyone is able to help me, I'd
appreciate it! Thanks.
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| Madhusudan Singh 2004-11-08, 2:45 am |
| Signals wrote:
> I run Knoppix with a persistant home directory on disk, due to lack of
> HDD space at the moment. Everything works fine, except that I'm unable
> to dialup because my modem isn't supported. I did some searching
> beforehand, and was unable to find a compatible driver for my US
> Robotics 56k Voice winmodem. If anyone is able to help me, I'd
> appreciate it! Thanks.
Check out www.linmodems.org.
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| Signals 2004-11-08, 7:45 am |
| I checked there, thanks. Any other help is welcome!
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| Madhusudan Singh 2004-11-08, 7:45 am |
| Signals wrote:
> I checked there, thanks. Any other help is welcome!
If you do not find it there, you are unlikely to find any drivers at all.
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| Jeff Houck 2004-11-08, 5:45 pm |
| Signals wrote:
> I run Knoppix with a persistant home directory on disk, due to lack of
> HDD space at the moment. Everything works fine, except that I'm unable
> to dialup because my modem isn't supported. I did some searching
> beforehand, and was unable to find a compatible driver for my US
> Robotics 56k Voice winmodem. If anyone is able to help me, I'd
> appreciate it! Thanks.
Winmodems are problematic as they rely on drivers that are
Windows-centric. That's why they are called "Win"modems. My suggestion;
get an external 56K modem and attach it to a serial port. Works like a
charm under Linux and M$.
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| On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:08:47 -0500, Signals wrote:
> I run Knoppix with a persistant home directory on disk, due to lack of
> HDD space at the moment. Everything works fine, except that I'm unable
> to dialup because my modem isn't supported. I did some searching
> beforehand, and was unable to find a compatible driver for my US
> Robotics 56k Voice winmodem. If anyone is able to help me, I'd
> appreciate it! Thanks.
Ick!
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You've asked a FAQ so I'm posting a "pre-recorded" message. It's only
fair. :-) Your post is either about "what modem do I use?" or about
the notorious "winmodems" aka "losemodems".
If you need a new modem or are pulling out hair trying to get that
"losemodem" working try MultiTech's MT56* line of external, hardware
modems:
http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/F.../MultiModemZDX/
http://www.multitech.com/PARTNERS/F...mpatibility.asp
http://www.multitech.com/NEWS/Famil...ZDX/Reviews.asp
We've had great success with these at our clients that use *n?x and
OS/2 systems. You can find these at several online stores as well as
your local computer resellers. These are a mid-range price at a
little over $100. FYI, "low end" modems are usually under $100 and
"high end" modems are usually over $200.
Another modem brand with which we've had success and that is less
expensive than the MultiTech brand (for you cheapskate types :-) is
Zoom. Specifically their V.92 Model 3049. See this URL:
http://www.zoom.com/products/dial_u...nal_serial.html
More information about modems can be found in the modem section of
"The Unix hardware Buyer HOWTO" at tldp.org:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-Hardware...ics.html#modems
Read it, especially parts 7.3 and 7.4. Then go and start reading here
for a gritty and humorous treatise of internal vs external modems:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#internalmodem
For information on many modems pre-tested with Linux see this:
http://65.70.147.202:8080/gromitkc/winmodem.html
*or*
http://www.devidal.tv/~chris/winmodems/
Note that the above info *does not* just cover "losemodems". Many
real modems appear in the "Big List" there. Real, external, serial
modems will work pretty much anywhere a modem is needed.
If you *insist* on using a "losemodem" then see this site:
http://www.linmodems.org/
May the PC gods have mercy on you.
Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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| Signals 2004-11-08, 8:45 pm |
| Thanks for all the advice, heheh. I'll look into everything and get the
proper stuff.
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