Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]

2000-12-28 Thread Penndragon
Hi Mike Hey James, From your response, it appears you have more than one Serial port. That's right, I have two ports. Since I have win95 as the other system on this PC, and the usual mouse port seems to be tied into USB bus, win95 won recognise it there forcing me to commondere port 1 for the

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]

2000-12-28 Thread lesowens
Hi all, I'd like to ask a quick question here -- are most internal modems pci/winmodems? I ask becuz: today i called my isp/dsl customer service folks and asked them if i could return my external alcatel speed touch usb for anything else that might support linux... fyi the alcatel dsl that

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]

2000-12-28 Thread Louis F. Brooks
James, Go to this link : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/rg/ - there is some good info concerning what modems will work. Two PCI modems are listed as working , they are Actiontec PCI Call-Waiting - model PCI56012-01CW 3COM/USR PCI - model 3cp5610a I am using a

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]

2000-12-28 Thread Penndragon
Hi Louis James, Go to this link : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/rg/ - there is some good info concerning what modems will work. Two PCI modems are listed as working , they are Actiontec PCI Call-Waiting - model PCI56012-01CW 3COM/USR PCI - model 3cp5610a

Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]

2000-12-27 Thread Penndragon
Hi Michael Quite possible that you have a winmodem there. It uses "Windows" software to emulate hardware functionality. If it is indeed a winmodem, it may not work in linux at all. The reasons I believe it may be a winmodem are the PCI (most, but not all, are winmodems) and the unusual

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem port prob]]

2000-12-27 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Penndragon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx for the advice here. I do happen to have an external modem, and it seems you may well be correct about the modem since no actual driver is loaded under windows. My motherboard sadly doesn't have ISA slots so that particular option is out for me. I