For all the feedback........I hate windows....and am looking forward to
setting up my linux........will be browsing the links for help on my
modem....failing that shall go out and buy one.......
Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as to
what modem would work with my linux

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Des wrote:

> Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as to
> what modem would work with my linux

Simple, just ask for a modem to connect to your serial port (not the USB
port). Can't go wrong with them as the tech is old and settled.

Blumf



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Des wrote:

> For all the feedback........I hate windows....and am looking forward
> to setting up my linux........will be browsing the links for help on
> my modem....failing that shall go out and buy one.......
> Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice
> as to what modem would work with my linux

Any external modem will work. That is the only thing to be sure of.
Some internals work fine, some kinda work enough to really piss you
off, and some won't work at all.. If you can find an older internal
ISA modem, that should work to, but to be safe, get an external.

--
-alex49201

alex49201 <alex@ae.homelinux.com> wrote in message
news:wQLsb.38$4X4.31010@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com ...
> Des wrote:
>
> > For all the feedback........I hate windows....and am looking forward
> > to setting up my linux........will be browsing the links for help on
> > my modem....failing that shall go out and buy one.......
> > Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice
> > as to what modem would work with my linux
>
> Any external modem will work. That is the only thing to be sure of.
> Some internals work fine, some kinda work enough to really piss you
> off, and some won't work at all.. If you can find an older internal
> ISA modem, that should work to, but to be safe, get an external.
>
Thank you)

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> Des wrote:
>
> > Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as
to
> > what modem would work with my linux
>
> Simple, just ask for a modem to connect to your serial port (not the USB
> port). Can't go wrong with them as the tech is old and settled.
>
> Blumf
>
Thank you

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:32:11 -0000,
Des <changesaddy@once.com> wrote:

> Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as to
> what modem would work with my linux

The easiest way (IMHO) to make sure a modem works with Linux is to buy
an external one, which connects to a serial port. That type of modem
will be a hardware modem, and shouldn't need any specific drivers. After
running pppsetup, [1] you should be able to connect to the 'net with it.

[1] There's some info on ppsetup in the Slackware book.
<URL:http://www.slackware.com/book>

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Mark Hill <usenet@mark.ukfsn.org> (Yahoo address not read)
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Mark Hill <mark_usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:32:11 -0000,
> Des <changesaddy@once.com> wrote:
>
> > Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as
to
> > what modem would work with my linux
>
> The easiest way (IMHO) to make sure a modem works with Linux is to buy
> an external one, which connects to a serial port. That type of modem
> will be a hardware modem, and shouldn't need any specific drivers. After
> running pppsetup, [1] you should be able to connect to the 'net with it.
>
> [1] There's some info on ppsetup in the Slackware book.
> <URL:http://www.slackware.com/book>
>
Thank you, interesting reading for a beginner like me...

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:32:11 +0000, Des wrote:

> For all the feedback........I hate windows....and am looking forward to
> setting up my linux........will be browsing the links for help on my
> modem....failing that shall go out and buy one.......
> Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as to
> what modem would work with my linux

Your's does or so i belive, at least the URL i gave you in your other
thread called "help" did. HSP56 MR. modems do work according to that URL.

--
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/

"Des" <changesaddy@once.com> wrote in message news:<bp05qs$shu$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> Mark Hill <mark_usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:2003-11-13T13-41-15@heaney.example.org...
> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:32:11 -0000,
> > Des <changesaddy@once.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Called two pc shops in town today, both could not give me any advice as
> to
> > > what modem would work with my linux
> >
> > The easiest way (IMHO) to make sure a modem works with Linux is to buy
> > an external one, which connects to a serial port. That type of modem
> > will be a hardware modem, and shouldn't need any specific drivers. After
> > running pppsetup, [1] you should be able to connect to the 'net with it.
> >
> > [1] There's some info on ppsetup in the Slackware book.
> > <URL:http://www.slackware.com/book>
> >
> Thank you, interesting reading for a beginner like me...
**
Check the hardware compatability list at tldp.org, it is the hardware howto.

Walt R.

Des wrote:

> both could not give me any advice as to
> what modem would work with my linux

nor would you want their advice, what does a sales associate would know
anyways? They are there to sell you extended waranties which you do not
need. They are trained very well in that area, indeed.