[plug] American modems

Craig Foster fostware at iinet.net.au
Sun Jun 2 21:58:01 WST 2002


Some chipsets require a command to switch countries, much like the PCTel,
as dial-tones are not the same from one country to the next...

Craig F.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Elliott [mailto:James.Elliott at wn.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 5:02 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] American modems
>
>
> <original message below>
>
> If it is an American modem, wouldn't you need to replace
> the AT& commands
> with those compatible with AusTel rules rahter than the US rules?
>
> James Elliott
> Ravensthorpe Computers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Jones" <ajones at clear.net.nz>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Watching DVD's under Linux
>
>
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> > I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805-201 which I purchased in
> Los Angeles. It
> has
> > the following hardware:
> >
> > Lucent Modem (I think it's called a Xircom or something).
> > Toshiba DVD drive
> > Savage4 video adapter
> > Yamaha sound card
> >
> > The Lucent modem has drivers availble for it - there's a
> bit of faffing
> > around to get them working. Choose carefully which kind
> of Internal modem
> you
> > get. The hardest thing to work out is what your modem
> actually is. For the
> > Lucent modems there are Debian packages available -
> they're really good
> > because you just download them and install them with dpkg.
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