[plug] downloader and Lucent Winmodem

[Trevor Phillips]

On Wednesday 05 February 2003 13:25, Dene Staples wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a downloader for linux which is fast (and maybe
> free?)? Download seems to drag in linux, while in the Windows side the
> Star downloader does an excellent job.

You mean like d4x? axel? wget?

> I use a 33.6k external Dynalink modem when in Linux, which could account
> for some of the slowness, but it does seem a bit too slow and stalls
> often. It appears to be difficult to use the internal 56k Lucent
> Winmodem from what I have read. Is there any workable driver to download?

I'm using a Winmodem in my Linux dialup box now. I think it was a Lucent one, 
but don't quote me on it.

After spending a good few hours reading up on Linux & Winmodems, with lots of 
Gotcha's, Warnings, etc... I downloaded the driver package, ran 3 or so 
scripts, and everything worked fine! No hassles at all. It even created a 
Debian package for the kernel module. ^_^

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