The two last models from D-Link and Dynalink should both work well. My gripe with them is that they don't support fax class 2.0, and class 1.0 has a few problems and isn't as easy to use.
Watch out: because USB speeds are so huge compared with old serial speeds, hardware makers are making castrated c**p again where they stick the electronics from an internal losemodem PCI card into a box on the end of a serial cable. Those USB-serial converters use chips from FTDI, they work well although they may only be USB 1.1 (which would be plenty for a modem). The DSE XH8290 works well with Linux, but at $40 it's twice the price of an external modem from trademe. > There are still some *real* internal modems around. What you need is a > modem with an on board UART chip. That will appear to the OS as a > serial port. You are the only one I know of who has such a card. I have yet to see one with my own eyes - I won't let go when I do. As they were more expensive than a losemodem without another advantage to the Redmond user I'd say there are only a few in the country and they weren't selling well. Rumbling through the Supashed might turn out lucky, but >98% of them will be the useless ones. > I saw some internal pci full modems at Global PC at Northlands a while > back. Nice and cheap. Betcha they were "hardware assisted" (HAM) modems. They do most of their processing on the card, but still only work with an obnoxious proprietary driver. Be aware that shop assistants couldn't tell the difference or understand what you mean. Check GlobalPC item MM10503 very carefully, chances are minute it's what we want. There seem to be several vendors with that name too. Ok I rang: it has an Agere SV92PL chip on it. That's a softmodem one. > I had really mixed results with the so called "linux compatible" EP536 > (?) modem that Dick Smith were selling, so I would be wary of that option Sounds like an Intel 536 chip. Hardware-assisted. Intel does not have a high commitment to keeping this driver available, and it has had a few problems and hasn't been available for all kernel versions. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
