If it's a PCI, it doesn't matter. What matters is if it's a "Winmodem". These are
usually
very small short cards that rely on software to carryout the responsibilities of
hardware on
normal modems. If it is a winmodem it absolutely will not work, and the linux open
source
developers say they promise it will never work in Linux. Your best bet if you go
shopping is
an external modem, as it uses standard com ports and IRQ's. 99.9% of them work with
Linux
and are inexpensive.
Michael Scottaline wrote:
> Hitoshi Onda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed Mandrake 6.1 about 2 weeks ago. Now,
> > almost everything is working fine except internet
> > access. From my reading of this mailing list, I
> > suspect my internal modem (PCI) won't work under
> > Linux. But, before go for shopping alternative (ISO)
> > modem, I would like to double check with people if
> > my PCI modem is indeed hardware based and can work
> > under Linux. A faint chance!? Anyway, here's a bit
> > of info.
> >
> > My computer is Compaq Presario 5838 (AMD/Athlon500MHz)
> > with Conexant HCF V90 56K Data Fax PCI internal modem.
> =====================================
> HCF indicates a software modem, I believe. This relies on the OS (winxx) to
> perform some of the functions usually carried out by real hardware. If I'm
> correct about this, it will NOT work w/Linux. Why not go for an external
> modem? (e.g., USR faxmodem 56k V.90 or a Courier V.90)
> =======================================
> <snip>
>
> HTH, Mike
>
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