Re: what modem

[David Blackman <david@whizziwig.com>]

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:

> [Debian-doc is for discussion and development of Debian documentation -
> moved to debian-user which is the general list for support questions]
> 
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:46:14 -0700, O'Driscoll wrote:
> > what modem works best for 2.0.2 & 2.1?
> 
> Any modem that isn't a "winmodem" - i.e. any real modem.

(rule of thumb) If it's external, it'll work, 
(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with jumpers, it'll work,
(rule of thumb) If it's PCI, it won't work,
(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with no jumpers, it might work,

my solution:for 100-120 buy a 56k external, they're the easiest to
configure   

> 
> > what internet provider is best for 2.0.2 & 2.1?
> 
> Any internet provider that offers the regular protocols for IP access (in
> particular PPP) without requiring use of Microsoft "improvments" to them.

Personally I like mindspring


--dave