interesting.. I have used a dozen differnet no name brand serial external modems and never had a problem connecting once..
In fact one of them is on 24/7 on a permanent dialup connection and its been doing that for 3 years.. never had any probs with them.. just plug them in and run wvdial or whever you use, and off it goes. I have also had no real hassles with conextant HCF/HSF winmodems with the linux driver RPM marc wrote. Still, to each his own.. Since a external hardware modem costs about about 50 AUD bucks nowdays, I cant' see why thats a big issue. :-) regards Franki >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roland Hughes >Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 8:17 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability > > > I do not claim to be a expert on linux but I have tried to use external >modems on Mandrake 9.1 on two box's and have not been able to get them >working. >They dial out, go through the hand shaking, get a connect , start >ppp and the >just re-dial. I unchecked the lock and tried every speed setting >but no joy. >Did not want you to spend money when you were happy with the winmodems. >Roly > >On Tuesday 05 August 2003 04:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: >> On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 04:32, Frankie wrote: >> > Even if you do get winmodems working, your still better off with an >> > external serial anyway. >> > regards >> > Franki >> >> I've had unbelievable luck with winmodems - using one as we speak, and >> sell them to most customers; if you KNOW how to set it up, it's really a >> quickie. Yeah, they're cheaply made and yeah, they're not high quality, >> but they work nonetheless... >> >> Now when I can set aside the moola for a nice USR external, I'll grab >> one...but I don't see that in the foreseeable future as I'm trying to >> get a few more monitors, hard drives and a motherboard or three... >> >> -- >> Wed Aug 6 09:45:00 EST 2003 >> 09:45:00 up 2 days, 13:33, 2 users, load average: 2.11, 2.09, 2.04 >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> | __ __ |kuhn media australia | >> | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | >> | .\__/ || | | |================================| >> | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | >> | >> | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 >> Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * >> >> How many NASA managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? >> >> "That's a known problem... don't worry about it." > >-- >"MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! > > Linux Counter #241069 > > >
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