No.
(Aside from the fact that Winmodem is a registered trademark of 3Com/USR,
I'll deal with it in the commonly used generic, non-brand-specific
terminology.)
Many internal modems are "hardware" modems (they have firmware).
Many internal modems are "software" modems (there is no firmware).
Most jumpered internal modems are "hardware" modems.
Most PCI modems are "software" modems.
Most external modems are "hardware" modems, especially those that use the
serial port.
Some external modems are "software" modems, especially those that use the
USB port.
These are generalizations, and you can see that I've left room for
exceptions. I have found a PCI modem that has firmware on it (so using
setserial Linux can use it). I have found jumperless modems that are
"hardware" type (true PnP).
Basically if you're looking for a ruleset, there isn't one. The only thing
that you can do is ask if there is AT command (among other things) firmware
on the hardware. If yes, then I can't think of it not being a "hardware"
modem.
Lee Howard
At 09:26 AM 7/7/00 -0700, Stephen King wrote:
>So let me get this straight most Internal modems are WinModems. Were as all
>External modems aren't WinModems?
>SK
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