Manuel Del_Estal enscribed thusly:
> We want to buy a modem to be used under linux, and nearly all the
> internal (and cheaper) modems are now PCI. We have read that linux has
> problems with PCI internal modems. We would like to know if there is any
> chance that a PCI modems works correctly under linux.
> Thanks in advance
I think you are mixing apples with oranges... The cheaper modems
are WinModems and Linux doesn't support WinModems. That doesn't mean they
are PCI modems nor does it mean that Linux can't support a PCI modem that
is not a WinModem. There are plently of conventional modems out there.
As long as it's not a WinModem, you should be fine.
WinModems ARE cheaper. Both figuratively and literally. They
use the main processor for performing many of the functions that would
have been performed on board with the standard modem. That means that
the performance of your entire system is degraded by these things. What
you save in a few bucks, you loose in CPU horsepower...
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