Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:42 am, Katipo wrote:
---> Yuri Gorshkov wrote:
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---> >Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
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---> >>The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It
---> >>hooks up to your serial port and is always recognized w/o driver
needs. ---> >>I will never ever get another modem. I also live where there
is no ---> >>broadband.
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---> >Hey, believe me... The best modem you can buy is the old Courier V.EVR
---> >and 25MHz clock speed. They're doing great even on terrible lines, have
---> >HST (as the last option) and they're reliable. You may also try an
---> >unofficial firmware if you have a bad line. Here in Russia we use
ID_SDL ---> >and it performs great (but is almost unknown by non-Russian
users...). ---> >Also we have very bad lines here sometimes... so... stick
with USR (or ---> >Paradyne... if you want to pay $1000 for a dial-up modem
;))
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---> Just get a Maestro Woomera.
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---> It's based on a Rockwell 56K chip, so it's recognised during install,
---> and has many other features including self-adjusting resistance level to
---> compensate for line fluctuations.
---> In five years, in a rural setting with wild line fluctuations, I've
---> never had a connection drop at my end.
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I second that and we run it off a telephone line that is not much better than
two tin cans with a piece of string in between, in the bush.
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