Hi Michael, I have a 3Com/US Robotics 56K Message Modem (it doesn't say anywhere that it's professional on it) and use it with 8.1 and kppp no problems.
On Thursday 01 November 2001 5:50 pm, you wrote: > A sort of pre-sales query -- > > I've got a 3Com/US Robotics 56K Professional Message Modem, which worked > fine with Mandrake 7.2, SuSE 7.0 and 7.1, and currently (on the same PC) > with Windows 98 s.e, but not SuSE 7.2. > > In SuSE's default dialler kinternet (much like kppp except for the security > vulnerabilities), a successful connection that progesses beyond the modem > handshake is apparently impossible. The same is true of wvdial; rather than > a usable connection, xconsole merely reports "linux pppd [xxxx] Couldn't > release PPP unit: Inappropriate ioctl for device". kppp sometimes obtains a > successful connection as opposed to a time-out, but not on a reliable > basis. It should be pointed out that when the Message Modem is replaced by > a Diamond 56e Pro, using the same settings, no problems arise. > > So I was wondering what results people were experiencing with their > Professional Message Modems in Mandrake 8.1... > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael
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