On Tuesday 23 October 2001 02:10 am, you wrote: > I too was in the same boat as you about a month and a half ago. I > had Sound Blaster internal PCI modem. I tried the software and the > settings. It was just easier to sell the card and pick up an > external hardware modem. Linux used it without a hitch and life got > interesting in surfing the web through Linux's eyes. > > The cost is about twice then a internal. Mine is a Hayes advertised > to work under Windows and Linux. Ran about $75.00 and well worth > the all the headaches. I don't mean to discourage you from doing it > otherwise I just wish to spare you the trouble, especially if you > completely new to Linux like myself. >
I'd have to agree. I use a Modem Blaster External on my Linux box and it has worked great so far. One thing that should be stressed here is that you should get one that uses a standard DB-9 serial connection. Most of these are hardware controller based. Do *NOT* get a USB external modem. If you must have an internal modem, you might be better off with ISA, because today's PCI modems are mostly of the winmodem variety. I personally see very little need for PCI modems anyways, other than Intel's push to kill ISA. You are simply not moving enough data to justify a bus witdh greater than 16 bits. - John > Good luck. > > ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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