hi there is a usually a BIG difference between internal modems and extarnal ones it's very simple ..... the former can drive u craaaaazzzzzzzzy when u try it on linux, while the latter is more or less non-troublesome.;-) jokes apart, usually most of the cheap internal modems in the market are winmodems they rely on the main processor of ur machine to do most of the work (UART emulation and other fancy stuff) and so, as some of the tough job is done by cpu, the price is significantly lower now the way they make the processor do the thing is often patented and hence, open source linux drivers are not available for them. for some, binary drivers are available, but for the others, they do not run under linux at all moreover the internal modems put a heavy strain on ur cpu.. external modems (one those go into ordinary serial ports) just work fine with the linux serial drivers..and they give good performance too. there are some internal modems available that are "real"..but they are very rare. cheers Sayamindu ----- Original Message ----- From: "LFC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hai, > > Can anyone tell me the difference between an Internal and External Modem, > i.e., other than the obvious difference in Cost, Size and installation. > > An Ext. modem cost around Rs.3000 while an internal one cost about Rs.800, a > difference of about Rs.2000 - obviously the casing and cable would not cost > that much. > > Regards > > Ajay Shankar > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
