Samy Elashmawy wrote:
>
> I have an internal 56K modem , and my pc is really short on irqs ect...
> I am considering purchasing an external 56 k modem.
>
> 1/ are these easier to set up ?
Well you don't have to worry about the pnp aspect of setting
it up. You still will need to use an irq for it. So you won't
be saving anything there. You will need to assign the irq to the
onboard uart connected to your serial port. If the internal modem
is working now, you can move it to the irq your serial port is
on. Go into bios setup, find com port settings , and under
com2, disable it. Then irq 3 should be available to your
modem. Seyup the isapnp.conf to give irq 3 to the modem,
or ghange the jumpers.
>
> 2/ what brands/models work with linux ?
I think any external works.
> 3/ can a linux/samba server be set up so that win95/8 users can use a
> single modem to dial out to the isp using the same modem ?? If so is this
> difficult to set up ??
I never tried it, but others have done it. It will probably take
you a Saturday afternoon of fiddling with it. I think you
need to setup gateway, and ip masquerading.
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