[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some pcmcia modems are indeed winmodems. Just half an ago i was looking at
> one. I use a Compaq Armada M700. Compaq, in its wisdom, "upgraded" the
> modem in this unit. What used to be a perfectly fine real internal modem
> is now a winmodem. I have worked with the winmodem(linmodem?) in the
> Armada for a while. I've gotten to the point of being able to dial and
> establish a ppp connection. At that point however, the connection drops.
> I'm looking hard to find a real pcmcia modem. But, more and more,
> manufacturers(including 3com) are making winmodems and the real thing is
> getting harder to find. I wonder what all those people running NT are
> doing? Anyway, I thought I would try a Xircom Realport modem/lan card
> combo. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be supported by Mandrake. Has
> anyone used one of these cards? If anyone has gotten one of these working
> I'd really like to know what it took. Otherwise, can anyone recommend a
> currently available pcmcia real modem card which actually has been shown to
> work in Linux kernel 2.2.14-15mdk.
>
> brian
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]@btinternet.com on 11/01/2000 12:15:14 PM
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> Subject: [newbie] PCMCIA modems
>
> I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG
> F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the
> last
> one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow
> control
> to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and check
> the
> ATI commands but the resulting table of ATI commands is blank.
> The shop told me that all PCMCIA modems are "hardware" modems, were they
> wrong,
> have they sold me a Winmodem ?
I ever successfully inter conncet Xircom real port (for ppp) on caldera2.3
and (lan ) on slackware7.0
Eric
