Re: DELL Inspiron 8000 - 3COM 556 internal NIC/Modem
If this is the part I think it is -- the 3COM miniPCI
combo LAN and winmodem -- the modem will not work under
Linux. The "modem" is a winmodem that contains intellectual
property from USR that they will not unveil -- and they
won't release any specs on it. This card has been around
for a while and several people have tried to get 3COM and
USR to be more forthcoming, but without success.
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 13:50, Michael Perry wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:12:35PM +0200, Manfred Sampl wrote:
>
> <rest snipped>
> >
> > :-) Manfred Sampl
> >
> > Does anyone has an idea how to test the modem part of the 3c556, or make
> > it work?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> There are probably a few ways, but the way I test modems is to use
> wvdial and see if it finds the combo modem part of things on the card. I
> use this card a lot with Debian Unstable and Windows 2000 Pro on my
> laptop. You could just do a wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf and see if it
> finds it. Wvdial is a pretty useful little dialup program as well.
>
> --
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al
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