On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:27 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > >On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:40 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > > > > > >>On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:54 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Fellows! > >>> > >>>Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > >>>modem to work on linux? > >>> > >>>I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a > >>>cell phone, as we got phone call credits from the Telco every month > >>>which we do not use completely. > >>> > >>> > >>Unless your cellphone allows you to put a phone line in it, this won't > >>work. The only way in which you'll be able to use your computer modem > >>to make a cellphone call, is to use a cellphone-to-landline converter of > >>sorts. I think Nokia has such a beast - it takes your sim card, and you > >>plug your ordinary phone or fax machine into it. > >> > >>Another option is a GSM modem (assuming you're on a GSM network). It > >>sits on your serial port, like an ordinary modem, but does the > >>conversion to cellphone language. > >> > >>Maybe there are other ways to do this with normal cellphone calls (as > >>opposed to using GPRS or 3G or a similar technology), but I don't see > >>you doing it with an ordinary cellphone and an ordinary modem. > >> > >>Hans > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >Fellow, > > > >I have already managed this part. > >I have got the so called converter, the same used to make PABX output > >lines to make calls to cell phones form the same operaotr telephone > >number. I am sure it works. > > > >My problem resides in the mother board. I've just explained the > >applicaiton in order to explain why - if I am already with an Internet > >access - I still need another way to get it. > > > > > > > You might save yourself a lot of pain by using an external serial port > modem. Almost any model should work easily in Debian. A few years ago I > just bought the cheapest available - an ELSA MicroLink 56k Fun II - and > it worked first time. > > Chris. > >
Fellow! Hmmm... That's a good idea. I'll consider it as well, so I know there is a way out. :) Thank you for your suggestion. -- Ms. Eng. Fernando Augusto Bender Pesquisador em Controle Automático 51 8401 4413 Use Linux: http://www.debian.org Comer, beber e amar. O resto não vale um níquel. Lord Byron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
