Re: Lenovo T410 modem difficulties
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:47:18 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:21:44 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Camaleón wrote:
...
> >> Uh? A plain USB or a PCMCIA/Smart PC card (being both hardware based
> >> modems) will do the job quite well. Anything is better than an embedded
> >> modem.
> >
> > Plain USB has to be cdc-acm (full serial device) to work in Linux.
> > Finding them is not that easy in some parts of the world, and most are
> > not produced anymore. The smartcard ones are even worse. YMMV.
>
> Yes, I know. But there are companies (Zoom or USRobotics) that still make
> that kind of modems and they work with Linux.
>
> Some links:
>
> http://www.zoomtel.com/products/dial_up_external_usb.html
> http://www.zoomtel.com/products/dial_up_pc_card.html
> http://www.usr.com/products/modem/modem-product.asp?type=specs&sku=USR5637
>
> And those came from well-know companies, there should be another unknown
> modems that are also working with Linux. It requires a bit of digging but
> sure there are.
And Ebay is a great source for used, cheap gear of
this sort (i.e., quasi-obsolete). Last time I checked, USR Sportster
serial modems were easily available for about $10-$15 (USD - shipped to
the USA).
Celejar
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