Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-18 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 First, please quote readably. The burden is on the sender to format mail in a readable fashion. http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://ursine.dyndns.org/jargon/html/Email-Quotes.html On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:04:44PM +1000, Chris

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-18 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
I use a Lucent LT modem with my Debian install. It seems to work perfectly. -- Arthur H. Johnson II Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA Debian GNU/Linux Advocate, Window Maker Advocate President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM:

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the cheaper internal modems are very likely to be winmodems, and (possibly) unsupported, but I'm not so sure about the

Re:Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread arthur_dent
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:41, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the cheaper internal modems are very likely to be winmodems, and (possibly) unsupported, but I'm not so sure about

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 21:23, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: [snip] My perspective/opinion : 1) external modem is real and complete, not win 2) ISA modems were all (or mostly) made before the win craze 3) PCI modems --

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread ben
On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: Save yourself a lot of trouble, just pick up a USR V92 faxmodem or equivalent making sure it's -external-. Besides absolutely ensuring compatability, you can use it for a backup dialup connection on the WAN side of a broadband router if/when

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
ben wrote: On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: Save yourself a lot of trouble, just pick up a USR V92 faxmodem or equivalent making sure it's -external-. Besides absolutely ensuring compatability, you can use it for a backup dialup connection on the WAN side of a broadband

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 16:58, Ed Cogburn wrote: ben wrote: On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: [snip] Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. An external is just one more

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: | Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using | internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. | An external is just one more box taking up space somewhere on my | crowded table.

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Chris Kenrick
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:04:26PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. An external

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 21:04, Chris Kenrick wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:04:26PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: [snip] This is true. Consensus on this thread so far seems to suggest that the external USR modems are of good

OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-16 Thread Chris Kenrick
I'm just about to do a motherboard upgrade, and that will mean replacing my current modem, which is unfortunately ISA based. Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the cheaper internal modems are very likely to be winmodems, and (possibly) unsupported, but I'm not so

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: | I'm just about to do a motherboard upgrade, and that will mean replacing | my current modem, which is unfortunately ISA based. | | Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the | cheaper internal modems are

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-16 Thread Steve Brown
Save yourself a lot of trouble, just pick up a USR V92 faxmodem or equivalent making sure it's -external-. Besides absolutely ensuring compatability, you can use it for a backup dialup connection on the WAN side of a broadband router if/when you get cable or DSL access to the 'net. Good luck,