At 05:00 PM 2/5/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>Samy Elashmawy wrote:
hmmm. I was hoping that it(external modem) would use the irq and io address
of the com port that it was on. ie com2 / irq3 com3 irq11 . Doent the new
asus p5 mb allready have the new dast uart ?
With an internal modem you need an empty irq and io address otherwise you
need to disable something esle. Therfore I might as well use an external
modem. I am realy getting tired of opening the case just to fiddle with the
modem settings. Cheaper in the long run to use the external , and use my
time elsewhere.
>> 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.
>>3/ can a linux/samba server be set up so that win95/8 users can use a
>
>> 2/ what brands/models work with linux ?
>
>I think any external works.
>
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