I've seen a ton of information about developing winmodems to work in Linux.
Lucent is one of the first to release the required chipset information to
allow the development of "linmodems". I admit, buying a winmodem wasn't the
"smartest" choice, but I got a great deal, and had been reading alot of
information on the project. You can check out http://linmodems.org for more
info. Anyway, I'm just looking for some help from someone that got their
Lucent winmodem to work in Linux.
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem
> Mark LaPerriere wrote:
>
> I got a great deal on a Lucent Winmodem from http://www.compgeeks.com
> , $17. I know I've seen sites that have instructions on how to get
> this thing working. I believe I have the right "linmodem" drivers.
> Anybody know of some links? I've tried linmodems.org, not too much
> help there. Or maybe someone have a walkthrough to get this working?
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
Mark,
As far as I know there is NO WINMODEM that will work with Linux.
Period.
The problem is that win modems do not have all of the necessary chips to
function "stand-alone." The OS must perform the functions that these
chips would have performed. This normally would not be a problem but
the companies who make these modems have, in the past, refused to
divulge the necessary information. Without this information, the task
of getting these modems to work under Linux is not trivial.
Regards.
