[plug] Linux & Voice Modems

[Chris Caston]

I've come accross a few of Linux users that seem to think winmodems are
evil and never work. This is not true. I'm using a Lucient chipset LT
winmodem and I was able to easily get the drivers from linmodems.org.

I had to download the .debs in Windows and save them to a vfat.

I don't know if this is related but I couldn't get it to work with
pppconfig and I'm using wvdial.

I honestly don't get the external modem thing and see them as waste of
valuable desk real estate.

regards,

Chris Caston

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 11:29, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Has anyone had any experience with Linux and Voice Modems, and can 
> > recommend
> > good brands/models? Also, any I should steer clear of?
> 
> USB modems are risky as the "usb win modem" is out in force.
> Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/acm.txt
> its a really good summary of "safe" modems and explains how to deal with 
> USB modems.
> 
> That said, I've got a serial 56k modem (being used as ADSL backup for 
> _when_ telstra kill the service) I bought maybe 4 years ago, a no-name, 
> and its worked perfectly from the word go with no troubles at all.
> 
> A quick warning with 56k serial modems - not all of them still support 
> the hayes AT command set properly (in so far as there is a "properly") 
> and can be diffivult to get working without the windows drivers. Yeah, 
> you heard me - windows drivers for a 56k serial modem. If you get a 
> repuatble brand you should be safe, don't know how common the problem is 
> but I've seen at least 1.
> 
> Craig Ringer
> 
>