[plug] PCI Modem troubleshooting

[Kai]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason [mailto:jason at mantacom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:08 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: RE: [plug] PCI Modem troubleshooting


>Thanks all for your info last Thursday.  After a much needed Easter
>break I looked into the problem again and for anyone interested in the
>outcome:

>I discovered that I do in fact own some kind of 'not-quite-a-modem'
>HCF=Controllerless?  I didn't even realize win-modems existed!  Anyway,
>I downloaded a driver 'hcfpcimodem' from
>http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/.  After a *lot* of effort I got this
>driver to work.  It exposes the modem as /dev/ttySHCF0.  I was then able
>to talk to the modem and it does (kinda) work - it did dial once, didn't
>connect, and locked up.  The driver documentation did say that this is
>an experimental release: some people had got it to work well, others
>not.  So it's probably simpler to buy an off the shelf modem.  

>Has anyone else succeeded in using an HCF modem with Linux?  I'd like to
>hear how.

>For now, am I safe in assuming that any external modem will be the real
>deal?

In case anyone isn't aware of this website, it may come in handy.
http://www.linmodems.org/