On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Thirunathan Sutharsan wrote:
> How can I get my US Robotics 56k faxmodem to work with Debian 2.1? Please
> provide me with the steps I need to follow. Thanks.
Is your modem internal? If so is it a PCI card? Only a very few PCI
modems can be made to run under Linux. My ISA internal modem runs
under Linux, as do my external modems.
The PCI modems are usually Win Modems. They have the internal logic
gutted, replaced with a driver which is provided only by (for?) MS
LOSE 9x and 2x. They offload the real work to the CPU. The
manufacturers tend to keep the technical details propriatary, so
that no free drivers can be written without reverse engineering.
I understand that there has been some success with Linux and PCI
modems that use certain Lucent chip sets. I don't have any details.
You might search the mailing list archives on www.debian.org. There
was a thread about PCI Modems and Lucent chipsets a couple of months
ago on Debian User.
--David
David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
(I'm hoping this is all of the above!)
