[plug] PCI Modem troubleshooting

Quintin Lette quintin at arach.net.au
Wed Apr 23 10:23:42 WST 2003


On Wednesday 23 April 2003 10:18, Luke Dudney wrote:
> On 23/04/03 10:08, Jason wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >For now, am I safe in assuming that any external modem will be the real
> >deal?
>
> Yes that's a safe bet. You also want to get a serial modem to save
> yourself some USB hassle.

Not to mention USB modems are slower as they are also controllerless and use 
the CPU instead of internal chips. (USB Modem = External Winmodem)

> If you'd rather an internal modem, I'd recommend the Netcomm IN5710.
> It's a proper hardware V92 modem, and in my experience performs
> flawlessly under linux.
>
> Cheers
> Luke

Quintin



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