[NTLUG:Discuss] Modems = Plug + Pray?

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 13:25, saluki wrote:
> But even if you do buy a winmodem on accident (like me), there are some 
> experimental drivers available that will work.  I used one quite 
> successfully up until I got my DSL.  Its been close to a year now, so 
> the quality has most likely gone up.  If you want the link to the 
> winmodem site, email me privately, and I'll dig up the link for the site.

http://linmodems.org
and yes they work well.  I use the drivers in my laptop (which I did not
have a choice for modems).

> 
> Stephen Davidson wrote:
> 
> > !!!
> > The one I just bought from Fry's for my niece's box works quite 
> > nicely. You have to make sure it is not a "WinModem".  I do apologize 
> > for not knowing the brand off the top of my head.
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> >
> > Tom Woody wrote:
> >
> >> The best luck I have had has been with Multitech ISA modem (but its 
> >> only 33.6K - $2.99 each on ebay).  Literally it was put the modem in, 
> >> boot, check dmesg to find out the com it was on, and ready to go.  No 
> >> PCI modem that I know of will work with any Linux OS so the pickins 
> >> are getting smaller everyday. 
> >> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:18:15 -0600
> >> Douglas King <daking at dak1.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Is there such a thing as a plug and pray modem for RH 7.2 Linux?  I 
> >>> am fairly new to Linux, and trying to get some modems (more than 1), 
> >>> installed into a system.  Is there such a thing, and if so, what 
> >>> make, model, etc would you recommend?
> >>>
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