[Sussex] New & fairly incompetent Linux user

[Angelo Servini]

Hi John

Its possible that your internal modem is what is known as a "Winmodem".
Winmodems are notorious in that they have minimal hardware and rely on
installed software to "Emulate" the actions of a modem.  Although I think
there may be a solution/s in Linux (Linmodem?). You are absolutely right,
its better to use an external serial modem (athough, with broadband getting
cheaper all the time, why not upgrade?).


>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Gregory [mailto:john at john-gregory.uklinux.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:00
>To: Paul Baines; LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
>Subject: Re: [Sussex] New & fairly incompetent Linux user
>
>
>My built in modem does not work at all on Linux and I used to have 
>similar problems to yours with a card modem.  I tried WVDIAL and KPPP 
>with similar results on both UKLinux and OneTel.
>
>I cured it instantly by buying an old serial modem.  It connects first 
>time every time and stays connected using the default SUSE 
>configuration.
>
>Hope this helps
>John Gregory


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