Re: Modem not working
Guðmundur Erlingsson wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm having a bit of a problem getting my modem working under Debian
> Slink 2.1, and really I'm beginning to think that I will have to do
> something drastic as playing with jumpers.
>
> It's a SupraSST 56i PRO DF card (Diamond Multimedia), and it seems to
> use something called Modem Enumerator and as I'm by no means a modem
> specialist I can only guess that that's a driver of some kind. Anyway,
> it works perfectly in Windows, but Linux doesn't seem to figure it out,
> it figures out that there is a serial card on com3/ttyS2, but can't get
> information on UART or anything else. I've tried every trick I can think
> of using setserial, but nothing happens. Does anybody have any
> experience with this modem? I saw on Linux.com that someone had
> configured it manually by moving the jumpers around, but I'm not sure if
> I like to try that on my own. Any takers?
>
> regards,
>
> Guðmundur
This page, http://www.provantage.com/FP_44902.htm seems to refer to this
modem (at least the OEM version) as a softmodem. I suspect that means
it's a winmodem, which as the name implies, is designed to work only
with Windows.
Also see:
http://www.hastec.nl/producten/SupraSST56iPRO/SupraSST56iPRO.htm
(German?, but the word "softmodem" again appears).
And then from http://www.pahlcomputers.com/scstore/details/diasst.htm
Diamond SupraSST Modem
The SupraSST 56i PRO is Diamond's extremely
affordable modem that delivers speeds up to 56Kbps over
ordinary phone lines. It works with the power of the
computers processor to deliver the fastest downloads
available over analog phone lines and utilizes the PCI bus
interface for easier installation. The SupraSST 56iPRO is
an incredible value, packed with all the software the user
needs.
Explore your favorite Web sites with the SupraSST
56iPRO softmodem! Take advantage of this revolutionary
breakthrough in softmodem technology utilizing the PCI
bus with Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
compatibility. The SupraSST 56iPRO provides all the
reliability and quality that you expect from award-winning,
Supra-branded products.
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