[Wylug-help] Linux compatable modem Help

James Holden james at microcosmos.co.uk
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:42:44 +0100


Quoting Jim Jackson <jj@comp.leeds.ac.uk>:

>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Mike Maycock wrote:
>
>
> > Could you please advise the type/ manufacturer for a good compatible modem
>
> Any modern external one should be ok.
>
> Jim
>

Also, if you must go internal, controllerless modems based on Lucent/Agere
chipsets work (or at least the one in my laptop does) but you need to build a
couple of kernel modules to get it going. If it's for a desktop system I'd go
external (ie: serial port) every time.

James



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