Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
On Sunday 29 September 2002 07:19 pm, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. Also, I am trying to find some reviews on Mandrake9.0 but other than the ones on Mandrakeforum I can't find any. How have you guys found it so far or can you post some web addresses. Thanks in advance. Craig Craig, I have used the USR 56k hardware version successfully. Issues are it cannot be installed during setup 8.1 8.2 as it's detected and set up wrong. If installed after setup it is detected and works just fine. You can get one here: www.digitgate.com -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Office Phone: 208-642-0785 Cell Phone: 208-739-2693 Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Sorry all, sent this to the wrong list.. On Monday 30 September 2002 09:40 am, Ken THompson wrote: On Sunday 29 September 2002 07:19 pm, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. Also, I am trying to find some reviews on Mandrake9.0 but other than the ones on Mandrakeforum I can't find any. How have you guys found it so far or can you post some web addresses. Thanks in advance. Craig Craig, I have used the USR 56k hardware version successfully. Issues are it cannot be installed during setup 8.1 8.2 as it's detected and set up wrong. If installed after setup it is detected and works just fine. You can get one here: www.digitgate.com -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Office Phone: 208-642-0785 Cell Phone: 208-739-2693 Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Vox wrote on Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 09:13:29PM -0500 : Are internal PCI modems not linux friendly, or is there any perfromance problems? Most PCI modems are winmodems, which means either they don't work or only work with propietary drivers, with a very few exceptions. Yes, most are winmodems, but I KNOW that some modems are hardware modems. The walmart.com PC's are hardware modems, but they use nonstandard IO and IRQ combinations. I wrote a script that (for that brand of modem) detects and configures the modem to work with Linux. You could probably take that script and very easily modify it to work with your modem. It is not an official MandrakeSoft script, but it works for the immediate need that we had. Blue skies... Todd -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk msg58336/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Damian G wrote on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 02:11:59AM + : did you read the one comment at the end? is anybosy having problems with USB and 9.0 ?? I'm using two machines to sync to my Zaurus using USB (technically, it's Ethernet over USB), so the answer to that is no. Blue skies... Todd -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu| Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk msg58337/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
On Monday 30 September 2002 11:40 am, you wrote: On Sunday 29 September 2002 07:19 pm, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. Also, I am trying to find some reviews on Mandrake9.0 but other than the ones on Mandrakeforum I can't find any. How have you guys found it so far or can you post some web addresses. Thanks in advance. Craig Craig, I have used the USR 56k hardware version successfully. Issues are it cannot be installed during setup 8.1 8.2 as it's detected and set up wrong. If installed after setup it is detected and works just fine. You can get one here: www.digitgate.com I like the Actiontec call waiting modem, and it says works with linux right on the box, and give directions in the instruction/install manual that comes with the modem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Title: Modem for MDK9.0 Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. Also, I am trying to find some reviews on Mandrake9.0 but other than the ones on Mandrakeforum I can't find any. How have you guys found it so far or can you post some web addresses. Thanks in advance. Craig
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Craig Williamson (ENZ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. None. Internal PCI modems suck. Get an external one. USRobotics external is a good choice. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Are internal PCI modems not linux friendly, or is there any perfromance problems? Sridhar - Original Message - From: Vox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0 Craig Williamson (ENZ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. None. Internal PCI modems suck. Get an external one. USRobotics external is a good choice. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
On Sunday 29 September 2002 09:11 pm, Damian G wrote: well, the 3com/usr 5610 is a good one. I'm on my second one. this is the only review I've run into so far. http://laxton.net/blog/archive.php?blogid=1y=2002m=09d=28 -s did you read the one comment at the end? is anybosy having problems with USB and 9.0 ?? I'm not, both my scanner and web cam are doing just fine. But I've read of ppl having trouble with their zips and usb 2.0 stuff. I think the zips are incorrect entries in fstab tho mostly. and I don't have an usb 2.0 stuff to test on it. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
On Sunday 29 September 2002 09:41 pm, Vox wrote: Craig Williamson (ENZ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. None. Internal PCI modems suck. Get an external one. USRobotics external is a good choice. Vox Gee. modems suck. Hang some antennas and share a decent connection. The actiontec call waiting modems have Lucent chipsets and a real hardware engine. With 8.2 you needed a makedev/setserial script to get them going. I will try 9.0 in a couple of days. The one topic I tried was ok. If I spent some more time with it, I might have even gotten to like it. Vox is right in that externals are the easiest to use, If you are doing a lot of interactive stuff, the connect times on a v.34 are quicker than v.90 or v.92. If you are doing a lot of downloads, try to find a better connection. Even ISDN is a delight compared to analog. I'd be interested in your results. I am on a crusade to learn what works for regular people as opposed to the technical issues between x and y chipsets and motherboard features. Jim Tarvid I have had good luck with Lucent win-modems for about a year. Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
Sridhar G [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are internal PCI modems not linux friendly, or is there any perfromance problems? Most PCI modems are winmodems, which means either they don't work or only work with propietary drivers, with a very few exceptions. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
well, the 3com/usr 5610 is a good one. I'm on my second one. this is the only review I've run into so far. http://laxton.net/blog/archive.php?blogid=1y=2002m=09d=28 -s did you read the one comment at the end? is anybosy having problems with USB and 9.0 ?? Damian -- boot into windows? what has smashing glass with footwear got to do with Operating systems? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for MDK9.0
On Sunday 29 September 2002 08:19 pm, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: Hi All, I'm building a PC around Mandrake9.0's hardware requirements. But the only thing I am having trouble with is the Modem. I'm looking for a reliable internal PCI based 56k hardware modem. Can you recommend any. well, the 3com/usr 5610 is a good one. I'm on my second one. this is the only review I've run into so far. http://laxton.net/blog/archive.php?blogid=1y=2002m=09d=28 -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
