Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...
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
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