[NTLUG:Discuss] Modem install and configuration problem

[terry]

rseb wrote:

>Sorry, I attached this to another thread...
>
>I'm hoping someone can help me get my computer talking to the internet. 
>I only have access to the internet so a 56K modem is my only choice. 
>I've installed Mandrake 9.1 because the price was right and with the
>exception of the modem everything seems to be running OK.  Linux is the
>only s/w loaded on this machine.
>
>My computer has a modem that's part of the motherboard.  I tried
>everything I know, which isn't a lot when it comes to Linux, to get the
>computer connected to the ISP.  When I ask Mandrake to detect the modem
>it finds it as "Unknown/Others: SiS7013 56K modem".  My activity on the
>internet indicated that rarely, if at all, did a Winmodem work for a
>Linux install.
>
>I have a Best Data V.92 external serial cable modem (works for Win98
>thru XP and Linux) which I bought for use on another computer so I
>decided to hook it up.  Mandrake now finds the Modem category but does
>not detect the modem itself.  The Modem category is empty except for the
>words Modem repeated twice.  Device characteristics are not displayed as
>they are for other devices (hd, cd-rom, etc.).  There are directions on
>the package CD of Linux that have proven useless.  The Best Data
>instructions suggest doing all configuration and setup in KDE, but I
>have not observed the sequence of panels and buttons they suggest I
>should see during my attempts.  Nor have I seen anything like they
>suggest.
>
>Please suggest a course of action.  Do I somehow have to make the other
>modem undetectable?  I have specified the information for my ISP, but
>without the modem it's useless.  Where do I go from here?  My expertise
>in Linux is minimal since this is a hobby I'm just taking up.
>
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An advanced groups.google search, ( 
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en ), for "SiS7013", 
 returned this thread: 
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&th=60ad1768b34029e2&rnum=1
which leads me to believe that file:
 ftp://ftp.smlink.com/linux/unsupported/slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz
is what you need.

Readme from: ftp://ftp.smlink.com/linux/unsupported/
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File list.
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README                   - This file.

slmdm-2.X.X.tar.gz       - Smart Link Software Modem version 2.X.X for
                          linux-2.4.X release.
slmdm-2.X.X_debug.tar.gz - Smart Link Software Modem version 2.X.X for
                          linux-2.4.X debug release.

Installation.
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See README file inside the package.

Support questions and Feedbacks.
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TBD.

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