On Monday 09 August 2004 07:42 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Monday 09 August 2004 07:19 pm, jedson wrote: > >After working through the program, providing the info they > > wanted as well as I could, I clicked the button to test the > > connection. Got the message "The system doesn't seem to be > > connected to the Internet. Try to re configure your connection."
I went through this exactly just last week (and the week before, etc) and after researching drivers, downloading, installing, reconfiguring and all that (but it was good practice :) ) I broke down and bought an external serial modem. > Getting winmodems to work can be tricky under Linux. We would > need to know what kind you have. There is a script you can > download and run at: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ > that should help determine which modem and chipset you have and > even help you determine which driver you need to get. another site is linuxant.com/drivers - that is, if you have a conexant modem. > An easier solution is to invest a little money and buy an external > serial modem. Those are pretty much plug and play with Linux and > you can get one for just a little money, $18 or so in the US. In this part of the US it's more like $60. The keyword here is "serial," and the only external serial modem at OfficeMax was a BestData v92. Maybe if I'd checked a few other stores I'd saved a dollar or two, but my patience was gone. :) a side note: since I installed the external modem I now can't connect on the windows side, using *either* modem. :-/ lotsaluck, J -- I'm in command-line culture shock.
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