Yay, I am writing the list from Netscape Mail within Linux Mandrake. The modem
worked the very first
time I told it to dial, but I did have to reconf kppp as my settings were still
for ttyS3. After I connected to my ISP, I was unable to get any mail or browse
with Netscape, as I was/am facing a ppp0 challenge, and I did not
have correct configs for my DNS and had to edit /etc/resolv.conf to set that in
a working order.
Somewhere along the way I messed around with another switch and I got
disconnected and then my
modem would not dial up again, just silence, I'm sure you can just imagine the
look on my face. :) None the less I persevered and located the switch which now
escapes me again, but it works, it was in netconf though. I will write more on
that in short order.
b/web
Wade
Charles A Edwards wrote:
> Wade
>
> It's a matter of cost. Winmodems are cheaper than Real modems. 99.9% of
> all PCI modems preinstalled in systems are winmodems and 99% of all PCI
> modems that you can buy retail are winmodems. There are only 4 that I know
> for a fact are not winmodems. If you are running windows winmodems are fine,
> but DAMN, as popular and as many users as Linur now has you would think that
> manf. would at the least say on their packaging or in the product specs.
> that it's a Winmodem and will not work in any OS but Windows.
> Sorry for the rant.
> Now as to your question . Once you have the modem connected and boot into
> Linux it should automatically see your modem and you want really need to do
> anything. You can check it by opening kppp, clicking setup and then device
> The box should show
> Modem Device /dev/modem
> Flow Control CRTSCTS
> Line Termination CR/LF
> Connection speed 115200 (that's for 56k yours will be lower)
>
> Charles
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:08 AM
> Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey
> through
> > 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
> > 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'. S*cks
> > to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
> > local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
> > it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople
> that
> > I was planning to install Linux.
> >
> > It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
> > being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
> > modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
> > computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
> > work.
> >
> > I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
> > an older external modem attached to an old retired system
> > that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with
> a
> > winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and
> off
> > I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
> > a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.
> >
> > My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for
> a
> > new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
> > external modem?
> >
> > b/web
> > Wade
> >
> >
> >
> >
