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Re: [Plug] Linux compatible ISPs
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Bill-
Yes Bill, you are correct, The modem in this box is a winmodem, and will not be
compatible with Linux.
It's a HSP Micromodem which is standard in ALL emachines.
Kurt Telep
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Bill Jonas wrote:
> Finally! Something I can help with! :)
>
> I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Bill, and I'm new to this mailing
> list and to the world of Linux. Okay, so I *am* a Linux newbie, but this is
> an issue near and dear to my heart, as I'm locked in for 3 years with M$N.
> (It finally enabled me to get a PC of my own.)
>
> I was looking for the same thing myself, since as I said earlier, I'm
> installing Linux on my PC, and I've got a 3 year contract with M$N. ($400
> works wonders with an emachines unit.) Anyway, try out this URL:
> http://www.mrgone.com/msn-linux/msn.html . I found it while on a message
> board on (of all places) MSN. They've set one up for Linux. What their
> motivation is, I don't know. (Probably wanting to keep tabs on the
> competition.) Anyway, the basic gist of this is that you actually dial in
> to MSN using UUNET, so there are no proprietary MS protocols to deal with.
> There are a links to a very informative HOWTO that tells you exactly what
> you need to put on your /usr/sbin/ppp-on (or wherever it is in your
> directory structure) file.
>
> By the way, if anybody can help me out with this...
>
> I'm in the process of getting a Linux installation up on my machine. I'm
> using ZipSlack (the one designed to fit on a Zip disk) from Slackware
> (compiled from their latest distribution, I think) on my primary (only,
> actually) DOS partition using the UMSDOS file system. My modem is on COM4
> under DOS/Win, and I'm having trouble getting my modem up under Linux. The
> ppp-on script on the aforementioned page didn't work, and so I tried: "echo
> atdt6102340527 > /dev/modem", "echo atdt6102340527 > /dev/ttyS3", "echo
> atdt6102340527 > /dev/ttyS2", etc., on down to /dev/ttyS0. I had no
> response from any of them. I'm running an emachines etower 333cs, but I
> haven't tracked down exactly what the modem is yet. I think I might have
> one of those damn Winmodems, but I'm not sure yet. Anybody have any ideas?
> (ie, Might the SCSI support precompiled in the kernel be interfering with
> access? Shouldn't be...) Any suggestions? (Other than give Linux its own
> partition, I only have 2 gigs and can't afford more right now. :) ).
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick R <laktar@hotmail.com>
> To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:30 AM
> Subject: [Plug] Linux compatible ISPs
>
> > I have a friend who can't seem to dial up to Bell under Linux. He seems to
> > think that it's a problem them as an ISP, that they use some kind of
> obscure
> > proprietary thing or something. He's had a Linux semi-guru who knows a
> lot,
> > but is also full of it help him & they couldn't get it working. Can
> anybody
> > comment on this? How about MSN? If there'd be one ISP you shouldn't be
> able
> > to use under Linux, it'd be them I'd think.
> >
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