I would venture to say, there is a lot less heartache in external modems(Parrallel that is, not USB) then any internal. Some ISA's will work flwalessy, some wont. There are a few PCI's that work, I believe one of them is a USR.
However, if hes giving you access through his lan, you will be better off speed wise 8^), otherwise I suggest picking up an external USR(Parrallel) modem for about $80. On Tuesday 27 November 2001 03:58, you were heard blurting out: > These winmodems are despised generally, because they are a sickener and a > liability - using up cpu resources. I have a Motorola one, for which > drivers appeared fairly recently. > http://www.linmodems.org charts the progress of drivers for them > > On Tuesday 27 November 2001 00:30, you wrote: > > I have SUSE 7.1 professional installed on my system and have normal > > internal Winmodem through which I want to surf but computer engineer told > > that drivers for internal modem is not available. This was told about 4 > > months back. > > Is it now available and where. > > > > My modem is shown as > > HCF 56K PCI Modem which is installed on Com3 > > > > Winsock information is > > Description : WinSock 2.0 > > Version: 2.2 > > Status: Running > > Enabled: Yes > > > > I have no network connection but my ISP is putting me on local intranet > > rather than internet so I am able to surf internet via his server. -- Bill Day ( a.k.a. BadMan ) 188133 http://counter.li.org irc.openprojects.net #linux-users ( Open 24/7 ) Our crystal tears now fall upon the ashes, but from the dust shall grow a spirit, to be in compassion for those who are lost, and one in determination to break those who dare test our resolve to be free... http://www.daysdomain.com/tribute.html 5:30am up 117 days, 20:01, 19 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
