Wade
It's a matter of cost. Winmodems are cheaper than Real modems. 99.9% of
all PCI modems preinstalled in systems are winmodems and 99% of all PCI
modems that you can buy retail are winmodems. There are only 4 that I know
for a fact are not winmodems. If you are running windows winmodems are fine,
but DAMN, as popular and as many users as Linur now has you would think that
manf. would at the least say on their packaging or in the product specs.
that it's a Winmodem and will not work in any OS but Windows.
Sorry for the rant.
Now as to your question . Once you have the modem connected and boot into
Linux it should automatically see your modem and you want really need to do
anything. You can check it by opening kppp, clicking setup and then device
The box should show
Modem Device /dev/modem
Flow Control CRTSCTS
Line Termination CR/LF
Connection speed 115200 (that's for 56k yours will be lower)
Charles
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem
> Hi List,
>
> Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey
through
> 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
> 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'. S*cks
> to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
> local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
> it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople
that
> I was planning to install Linux.
>
> It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
> being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
> modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
> computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
> work.
>
> I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
> an older external modem attached to an old retired system
> that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with
a
> winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and
off
> I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
> a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.
>
> My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for
a
> new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
> external modem?
>
> b/web
> Wade
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