[plug] downloader and Lucent Winmodem

[Dene Staples]

Hi Trevor

What is the url for the windmodem driver you downloaded? Any hints at 
what to do when installing or is it straight forward enough?

I came across a couple of downloaders I will try later. One does 
splitting. The other pokes at stalled downloads. I found them at Freshmeat.

Dene

Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 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. ^_^
>