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> From: Brett Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Linux and Modems
> Date: maandag 25 mei 1998 18:33
>
> OK - I have a Motorola VoiceSurfr 56K modem (pnp). When trying to get my
> modem to work with Linux RedHat 5.0 it does not work.
>
> Thanks to the large community of docs out there however, I quickly found
> that there are a miriad of ways to get it to work. Most, however,
involve
> doing things to Linux that I have never heard of and worse, I do not even
> understand how to start on!
>
> Most make the FIRST recommendation to buy a REAL modem (non-pnp). I am
> there! Any suggestions on a good non-pnp 56K modem that works well with
> RedHat 5.0 (out of the box preferably)? I have a P200 system.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
Try to find out the IRQ and IO-address off the modem under DOS or
Windows95, and change the setting with setserial under Linux (in
/etc/rc.local) if necessary. This has worked for me.
