curtis, go ahead and try it.
The instructions come with the lucent download and the program told me what
I was doing wrong. (I had to get a new kernel)
It figures out what port the lucent is on and creates the /dev/modem link to
match it.
Try it! Shouldnt hurt anything. (famous last words)
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From: "curtis patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:30:24 -0800
do you think my winmodem will work it is a lucent chipset.
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From: steve harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 7:05 PM
Subject: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem
> For those needing some confidence to try the Lucent winmodem drivers,
even
> *I* was successful. I am using the Winmodem now.
>
> I am using RH6.0, I had previously updated it to a 2.2.9-27mdk kernel.
>
> I downloaded the Lucent Zip file.
> It contains a readme to follow.
> Running ./ltinst it came back and said this module was compiled for
kernel
> 2.2.12-20
>
> I went to rpmfind.net and downloaded the kernel 2.2.12-20.i386.rpm and
> installed it. Changed my lilo.conf and ran lilo.
>
> Rebooted then tried ./ltinst again. Worked!
>
> Fired up Kppp and changed the device to /dev/modem and it worked.
> (I was using /dev/ttyS1 on an external courier modem)
>
> Cool!
>
> Kernel in rpm format in which you don't have to compile it.
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/6.1/i386/kernel-2.2.12-20.i386.html
>
> Lucent driver:
> http://www.linmodems.org/#linmodems
> Get the linux568.zip file.
>
> fwiw
> steve
>
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