Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-21 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:28:44AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It > hooks up to your serial port and is always recognized w/o driver > needs. I will never ever get another modem. I also live where there > is no broadband. I can

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-21 Thread M-L
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:42 am, Katipo wrote: ---> Yuri Gorshkov wrote: ---> ---> >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- ---> >Hash: SHA1 ---> > ---> >Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ---> > ---> > ---> > ---> >>The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It ---> >>hooks up to your serial po

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
robert wrote: - Original Message - From: "Katipo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre? Just get a Maestro Woomera. It's based on a Rockwell 56K chip, so it's recognis

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
Yuri Gorshkov wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It hooks up to your serial port and is always recognized w/o driver needs. I will never ever get another modem. I also live where ther

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-20 Thread Yuri Gorshkov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It > hooks up to your serial port and is always recognized w/o driver needs. > I will never ever get another modem. I also live where there is no > broadband. H

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Bruno Buys wrote: I moved recently, and there´s no easy/cheap broadband in the new address. So, what do I need to run a dialup modem on my debian sarge? Guess the best model I can find would be a hard pci us-robotics or similar (there are winmodems available, but I´m avoiding these). Are

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Rob Colling
On Monday 07 November 2005 11:22 am, Bruno Buys wrote: > John M. Gabriele wrote: > >--- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>John Hasler wrote: > >>>Bruno Buys writes: > (there are winmodems available, but I´m avoiding these). Are they > debian friendly? > >>> > >>>Some winmodems can

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Katipo
A bit expensive, but because we never look like getting anything except dial up through copper wire, I have had for the last 9 years, a Maestro Woomera external modem that does everything, including allowing me to monitor the speed of the connection constantly, except wash the car. Best i

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread M-L
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 06:26 am, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: ---> [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] ---> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hasler wrote: ---> > Bruno Buys writes: ---> >> I moved recently, and there´s no easy/cheap broadband in the new ---> >> address. So, what

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hasler wrote: > Bruno Buys writes: >> I moved recently, and there´s no easy/cheap broadband in the new >> address. So, what do I need to run a dialup modem on my debian sarge? > > Hook up your modem, run

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread John Hasler
John M. Gabriele writes: > Most internal PCI modems -- that aren't winmodems -- will work fine with > Sarge; whether they're U.S. Robotics or not. They will get by, but they will put your computer at increased risk of lightning damage. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread [KS]
John M. Gabriele wrote: > Go to a used computer shop (if there are any around you); they'll > probably have a box of them stripped from old systems that they're > not doing anything with. > Yes, that is the way to go. A couple of weeks ago somone threw away an IBM PC in the basement of my buildi

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Bruno Buys
John M. Gabriele wrote: --- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Hasler wrote: Bruno Buys writes: (there are winmodems available, but I´m avoiding these). Are they debian friendly? Some winmodems can be used with Linux but they are not at all friendly.

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread John M. Gabriele
--- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > >Bruno Buys writes: > > > > > >>(there are winmodems available, but I´m avoiding these). Are they debian > >>friendly? > >> > >> > > > >Some winmodems can be used with Linux but they are not at all friendly. > > > > > I

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Bruno Buys
John Hasler wrote: Bruno Buys writes: I moved recently, and there´s no easy/cheap broadband in the new address. So, what do I need to run a dialup modem on my debian sarge? Hook up your modem, run pppconfig, and follow instructions. To the point. I like that. Thanks John. Gue

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread John Hasler
Bruno Buys writes: > I moved recently, and there´s no easy/cheap broadband in the new > address. So, what do I need to run a dialup modem on my debian sarge? Hook up your modem, run pppconfig, and follow instructions. > Guess the best model I can find would be a hard pci us-robotics or > similar.

RE: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Guess the best model I can find would be a hard pci us-robotics indeed! What packages do I need? kppp or wvdial Cheers, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]