I have an isdn modem and i can't make it work.I am newbie and i don't know
much of this stuff.My distro is Slackware9.0.So if i want my computer to see
the usb should i load something like a driver?For my modem?
Thanks in advance

Manos <manos_84@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have an isdn modem and i can't make it work.I am newbie and i
> don't know much of this stuff.My distro is Slackware9.0.So if i
> want my computer to see the usb should i load something like a
> driver?For my modem? Thanks in advance

Do a search on google for "isdn howto linux" and you'll find the
isdn howto.

....don't know how good it is, but it is out there...

cordially, as always,

rm

Manos <manos_84@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have an isdn modem and i can't make it work.I am newbie and i don't know
> much of this stuff.My distro is Slackware9.0.So if i want my computer to see
> the usb should i load something like a driver?For my modem?
> Thanks in advance
>
You mean it's a USB TA (terminal adapter) for ISDN? There are
numerous ways of connecting a computer to an ISDN line and it makes a
*lot* of difference to what you need to do. So some questions you
need to answer in order for people to be able to help:-

Do you have Home Highway or 'real' ISDN2e? (Probably Home Highway)

Is it the new style Home Highway which comes with a USB connection?

Are you trying to use this USB connection directly?

If your ISDN 'modem' (it's a TA really) is a separate external box
is it a USB one or a serial port one (desribe the plugs).

Or do you have an internal ISDN TA? (e.g. PCI bus)

From what I remember of the Linux ISDN FAQ it offers quite a lot of
help for internal ISDN TAs but not a great deal for external ones.
Also I doubt very much whether it says much at all about USB
connections to ISDN.

Personally I'd recommend an ISDN router, it makes life so much
simpler!

--
Chris Green (cgreen@x-1.net)