Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote:
> 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
It's not just the lights that make externals better, though that's a
contributing factor in what makes internal modems a bitch. Added safety
against some line anomolies and they're fast to set up. Even faster if
you didn't have an internal modem already to open the case and yank...
Never go with internal modems if you can at all avoid it. They'll fail
you badly some day.
Another opinion on internal modems...
http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#internalmodem
> external is better to guarantee that it works with Linux, then that's
> fine too.
External modems are gauranteed to work with Linux in the most painless
way possible. Being external isn't sufficient to be a quality modem,
but it is a requirement.
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Baloo
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