On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Jason wrote: > I have a U.S. Robotics USR5639 USB modem. I am wondering how hard it > is to get it to work with Linux. Using Mint 18.1.
... > Bus 001 Device 006: ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft > Modem Look for ltmodem and linmodem. If you are very lucky, it is for that generation of softmodems. But last time I checked, it was for 2.6 kernels, you'd need its source, and to forward-port it. Here's an starting point: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ > Is it practical to try to make this work or should I just get a 'real' > modem? I'd get a real modem. It is bad enough you'll waste a lot of CPU on crap USB-RS232 conversion, running a full V.92 stack in kernel mode at RT priority on top is too annoying for words. -- Henrique Holschuh
