OOPS ----- Original Message ----- From: "tazmun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeferson Lopes Zacco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 6:05 PM Subject: Linux boxes not connecting? > TIA > --Jeferson L. Zacco aka Wooky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -wrote- > > (I'll explain: even though I managed to configure my winmodem under > > LM8 it looks like my ISP won't support Linux boxes connecting to it. Sad. > > > > > > Even though I'm sure that getting your winmodem to work was quite a project, > I suspect you may not be done there yet. I would contact your ISP if I were > you and find out exactly what their standards are. The norm today as far as > I know is V90 for 56K dialup. How well, even in windows, some modems > support this differs. The OS being used should not make any difference just > as long as the proper TCP/IP and V90 protocals are correctly handled. I > think you'd find with a good modem you would connect the same in Linux as > you do in winders. Winmodems typically don't connect as fast even in > windows as a good modem will because the V90 standard is not correctly > supported. I'm just a newbie too, but just my opinion. > > Tazmun >
