[Nottingham] Re: Winmodem support (Chris Stones)

[chris stones]

Knoppix isnt that great on drivers. Knoppix woudlnt work on my 
HP-Deskjet&XX series printer, (its a win-printer) but a quick "emerge 
foomatic" sorted that out.

One thing to remember, is avoid freeserve (wanadoo) broadband like the 
T-Virus !
they give you a software  broadband box !!!
it does work in linux, but its a nightmare, you need to use ppp drivers 
through ethernet (ppp is normally dial up over hpone line) and each time 
you boot, you have to upload the firmware to the box.


James Gibbon wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:59:12 +0000
>"C.Lockwood" <c-lockwood_xr6 at metronet.co.uk> wrote:
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>>I have just tried Knoppix on CD (not installed) to check which
>>hardware  would work on my system with Linux.  My Canon S750 printer
>>did'nt, and  the Speedtouch PC internal modem would'nt either.  I use
>>the modem on broadband at 512 kb with Win 98SE, so is it the kind of
>>crud modem to  which you refer ?
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>We aren't talking about broadband here - "winmodems" are used for
>dialup connections (and by the way, can often be made to work with
>Linux very happily with a bit of effort - my laptop has a Conexant
>winmodem that works nicely with Slackware).  It sounds like you're
>referring to a cable or DSL modem of some kind if you use it for a
>broadband connection, I think probably DSL.
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>>Do I have to change to an external modem if I want to run Linux
>>on broadband  ?
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>Don't know if your particular modem is supported, but it's highly
>possible that it isn't, from what I've just gathered from a curious
>nose around with Google.
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