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Another vote for the external modem option. Love my Zoom 56k Dualmode.
Besides, with ps2 mice and all the usb stuff, what else is your serial
port doing? And seeing the lights flash and glow is a comforting
reminder that all is well with your (slow compared to broadband)
connection.
On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 02:03, Paul wrote:
> Find a modem with a Lucent chip (yes, a WinModem) and it should work
> with minimal effort. I have one in my laptop (mini PCI) and it works
> very well.
>
> The best modem that I've ever used is a 56k US Robotics Sportster
> external serial modem. When I'm not sharing a connection I can switch
> it between two computers, and it can be reset with the click of a switch
> instead of a reboot. The status lights are nice, too.
>
>
> Vinord Anand wrote:
>
> >I had posted to this list earlier about setting up my SM56 PCI
> >motorola modem on my Red Hat Linux 7.3 for Internet access.
> >I have since given up on this modem and would like to buy a new
> >modem.I am using a Pentium II machine.
> >
> >>From your collective experience ,which internal PCI modem
> >would be the easiest and less troublefree to set up on RH 7.3
> >>From my search on the web almost every internal modem
> >requires quite bit of effort to set up on Iinux machine unlike
> >Win machines where only a few mouse clicks are required
> >to set up almost any new hardware.
> >
> >I would like to purchase an internal PCI modem which is not
> >a soft/winmodem and has drivers available and built specifically
> >for my kernel version 2.4.18-3 and which won't require any kernel
> >configurations or any other tweaking of the kernel to make it
> >usable for dial up PPP connection.
> >
> >Regards
> >vin
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