> Am I correct in understanding, then, that Linuxes in general don't like > internal modems? I have not done any modem testing at all. > > On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:34, M.Schild wrote: > For the most part, internal modems tend to be "win modems" that use software to do the work of hardware. Because they require specific software to make them work, they do tend to be a problem under Linux. For some of them, there is software available to make them work. As these modules are not included normaly included, you have download and install them yourself. These drivers are usualy generic drivers for a specific chip set, rather then a specific modem, they may not support all the features of the modem. Most (all?) of these drivers are also closed-source, so you don't realy know what you are getting. But if yo uhave one of the supported chip sets, they do work fairly well. Be aware that this type of modem does not do well under high CPU load. This is a problem under both Windows and Linux.
On the other hand, if you have a "hardware" modem, it works well regardless of weather it is internel or externel. One way to tell if you have a hardware morem is that they normaly do NOT specify a minimum CPU required to run them, and do not need a driver for basic functions. They still require software to use features like speaker phone, or voice recording/playback under Windows, but they will work as a modem with the generic modem drivers. One BIG problem with "win" modems - if you do not have the driver for them, you can not use them to download the driver... Mikkel
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