On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:28:42 +1200 Tom Munro Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 16 September 2006 14:10, Robert Fisher wrote: > > On Saturday 16 September 2006 1:46 pm, Tom Munro Glass wrote: > > > My neighbour is happy to convert from XP to Linux and I've installed > > > Kubuntu 6.06.1 for him, but I'm struggling with getting KPPP to work > > > (sadly he doesn't have broadband). > > > > > > The modem from 'lspci' is 'Agere Systems LT WinModem'. > > > > Alan (with help from heaps of CLUG members) struggled with this recently > > until he got an external modem. > > > > I recommend you do the same. > > > > Rob > > Thanks Alan & Rob. I've just tried using an old US Robotics 56K FaxModem and > sure enough it worked although the connection is only 33600. I've seen some > threads saying that Mepis might work better with modems than Kubuntu so can > you comment on this? Mepis and [k]ubuntu use the same packages for kernel etc, so its unlikely to help. > I don't want to tell my neighbour to buy a modem if I > can just install a different flavour of Linux for him. Or, if he does really > need to buy a modem, can you recommend a current model that is known to work > well? > > Cheers > Tom >
