Re:Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:41, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 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.
>> Just a comment from a heathen.
>> I use a lucent winmodem in my laptop, It runs fine under Debian, I got a
driver from Linmodems.com and made my own deb package as there was no driver
"prerolled" for 2.4.18-bf2.4 at the time I installed. As a newbie I could
never get it to work under redhat as there were always too many errors of
many different types.It's never hiccuped on me in the last 2 to 3 months that
I've been using it. I take my hat off to the people who package the tarball.
The laptop's about 4 years old and the modem runs well. Maybe it will fail
one day, but I can wait till later to replace it, the convience of having it
and not having to use the one pcmcia slot for a modem is helpfull. MIND you,
I'm going to try installing Debian on another desktop with a Conexant modem
and hold very little hope for that one...
Arthur.
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