Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal modems > and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is capable of building > their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable of reading the requirements > of a modem they purchase. I've used two or three different *internal* > modems with Linux with no problems. There are plenty out there that will > work just fine. > > My current modem is a USR (pre-3Com days, I believe). It's a true v.90 > modem, not "upgraded" from their 'X2" firmware.
I have an internal USR modem that goofed up when I would dual-boot. Win95 would screw it up so that it would not work under Linux. *No* initialization string would fix this; I had to power off the machine to properly reset it. (Amazing how Windows will goof up both my modem *and* printer, such that they won't work under Linux without a power-down). Perhaps I have missed a serial port setting or something, but I really would not buy an internal modem again. Yes, it is a later modem than yours. But the point is, "reading the requirements" would not have avoided this problem for me. Fortunately, I now have DSL! :-)
