On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 14:01:52 -0500, Michael Hildenbrand wrote: > I recently purchased the above modem (has the brand name Actiontec on the > box) 56k Isa internal Data/Fax Modem. It seems the chips are from > Lucent. It claims to work with Dos but I can't seem to get it to respond > to Arachne. You are supposed to set the port and int on the modem, which I > have done constantly, and I can't seem to get Arachne to recognize it, no > matter what the settings. It works well with Win95. I talked with tech > support (via email), but they didn't really seem to understand why it > didn't work. Has anyone worked with this type of modem before and actually > gotten it going?
> Michael Are you sure you have the correct base address for the modem? There is a Lucent modem, or modem with Lucent chipset, 56K, that comes with Linux drivers but is really a Winmodem. I have a link that might offer information on hardware compatibility including modems, oriented to Linux but useful for any non-Windows: <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/";>Hardware supported under Linux</a>
