Aha I think there is the answer then but.... you wrote ... <<<First, to the best of my knowledge, no computer on the retail market today, comes equipped with a dial-up modem card installed, but almost all modern computers have ethernet cards installed, or, more likely, have ethernet on the mainboard. >>>
Huh ? All computers come with a dial up v.92 modem installed as original hardware along with everything else, ram, drive, drawers, etc (desktop). I think I missed your meaning. I am guessing you mean an additional modem "card". I have never seen any come with a wireless modem card (desktop) although virtually all newer laptops and notebooks ship with the new software wireless modem - no card necessary anymore. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert C Wittig" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:38 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to group with QUESTION > On 6/26/2011 4:00 PM, g.linuxducks wrote: > >> I am not going to pursue this and forgetting Linux Dial Up. Sorry I was >> not more help. I would be horrified if Linux is not Dial Up Ready out of >> the box. It would be the only operating system in the world that is not >> then, and the world began on Dial Up which is why I mean horrified. I >> mean almost as meaning they are a laughing stock to the average >> consumer. It is like they are a work in progress as an operating system >> to the average consumer. >> > > 'Dial-up' is not uniformly structured the way that ethernet is. > > First, to the best of my knowledge, no computer on the retail market > today, comes equipped with a dial-up modem card installed, but almost > all modern computers have ethernet cards installed, or, more likely, > have ethernet on the mainboard. > > Second, even if you install a dial-up modem card on your computer, you > will only be able to connect to your ISP if your ISP supports dial-up, > AND you are able to either find or design a 'send-expect' script that > works for your specific ISP. > > I remember having to log onto CompuServe with dial-up... huge pain in > the ass, setting up the script. > > Also, another hurdle is that with Linux, only a few dial-up modems (of > the hardware type) will work... Win-Modems will not work with Linux, > only with Windows operating systems. > > Finally, dial-up is pretty slow, compared to ethernet... wifi or wire. > > > > > -- > http://www.robertwittig.com/ > http://robertwittig.net/ > http://robertwittig.org/ ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
