I had an SM56.... and let me tell you about it....
It was the WORST MODEM EVER!!! First off, it is a Winmodem, and unless something has
changed in
the last year, Linux DOES NOT support Winmodems. The SM56 will not run stabilly on
any CPU I've
seen yet. You probably get frequent disconnects from your ISP and assume it's your
ISP's fault...
it's not. EVERYBODY I know who has that modem has said it's a piece of garbage. If
you want to
connect to the internet in Linux, get a controller-based modem (almost always ISA).
It's gonna
cost you around $50 for a good deal on one, though. I wouldn't even bother trying to
get the SM56
running under Linux, it is soooo heavily dependent on drivers and CPU power I can't
imagine it
would ever run in a respectable OS like Linux (last I looked there weren't even any
drivers for it
for Win2K... the 2nd best OS).
Good luck!
--- Rodrigo Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys...
> I am trying to make my modem work under linux. I have a Motorola SM56
> modem, it�s a PCI one.The specs say it is designed for windows, however
> I was told that if it shows as Communication controller on my /proc/pci
> I could make it work.
> So, it does really shows as comm controller, however I am not getting to
>
> make it work with the setserial commands.
> Looking at /var/log file, I can see two serial ports, ttyS0 and ttyS1.
> My modem is using COM4 under windows.
> Do I have to use de makedev to make this com available for my modem ?
> Other thing, at the /proc/pci looking in the comm. controller it does
> not show the I/O port used, I can see that with the setserial -a
> /dev/ttyS3 though.
> Is this correct ??? Because using the two setserial commands to set the
> modem, did not work for me, I kept getting the message, modem busy.
> If you guys have any ideias, please tell me.
> Thanks !!!
>
>
>
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