Re: Modem detection and installation problems
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:15:16 -0800,
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
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> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Eric Dickner wrote:
> > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an
> > Intel Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did
> > detect. I went on to try and configure PPP as best I could...
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> Is it a winmodem? Winmodems aren't actually modems, just glorified
> sound cards. You can try to finagle it to work, but it's not easy.
> http://www.linmodems.org/
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> Just get an external serial modem. Those Just Work in any OS without
> any difficulty, period.
...and before getting an USB modem, make sure it is
_NOT!_ another damn usb-wired WINmodem. BTDT. ;-)
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