On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:24:01PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > Hi, im a newbie at Linux and have just installed mandrake 9.1, it
> > seems that the o.s.detects the modem but does not have drivers for any
> > modem with a conexant chipset. Can anyone out there help with this
> > problem, the modem is a 56k Puretek 3515 with conexant chipset.
>
> Bad luck. There are only commercial drivers for connexant chip modems
> available, US$15. You can try at reduced speed (33k) before you buy.
Connexant hcf/hsf modem drivers are available from-
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers
The free drivers there run at only 14k and the 56k drivers cost US14.95.
This is the site that www.linmodems.org points to for generic conexant
drivers.
Dick Smiths sell a 56k pci ham modem for $34 which is sometimes reduced
to sale price. Its very fast and comes with linux drivers on the cdrom.
Product XH1154.
> For $30-35, you can get a new modem card with lucent chip which has
> costless, but no opensource drivers. Installing the drivers will be a
> little hassle as you'll need to recompile/link them for your kernel.
I agree, buying another card is worth it since the cost can be recovered
by selling the conexant chipset modem. It's not worth supporting a
product that linux users have to pay twice for when other 56k modems
are sold cheaper with drivers included.
> There are Intel 536EP chip modems too for the same price, driver
> installation and configuration of Linux etc is out of the box and fully
> automatic on SuSE 8.2, but I could not yet get the modem itself to talk
> to any ISP's dialup, probably because I haven't yet found the correct
> init strings for that modem. You will have this kind of problem
> potentially with any modem. The 536EP driver is also costless, but not
> opensource, if it's not out of the box for your, crank your compiler.
have you tried X3 in the init string, this forces dialing without waiting
for a dialtone first.
hth,
keith.
