I got the new PCI Zoom Controler based (non-winmodem)Model 2920 and it works
like a charm in Linux and it is only 70 bucks. In the box it even has
papers to help set it up in linux.
markOpoleO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carroll Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Problems
| Jason Ashman wrote:
| >
| > On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote:
| > > winmodem!!!!???!??!???!
| > > this is supposed to be linux bud
| > > now windows wont allways identify a modem off of a port so this is
where you
| > > manually install it using the disket that came with that thing. use
add hard
| > > ware and specify what it is
| > >
| > > as far as linux goes your sh** out of luck!
| > > winmodems are 100% compatible with windows and windose and did i
mention
| > > windose??
| > --
| > But, very few winmodems have linux drivers available. I suggest
checking the
| > manufacturer's website or any other Linux driver site and see if a
driver is
| > available. If not, fork up the bucks and get an external modem. It is
a safe
| > assumption to say that the majority of internal modems are winmodems.
| >
| > Jay
| > "Every man dies, not every man really lives."
| > http://www.mrsnooky.com
| Jason:
| While many internal modems are winmodems -- especially the $39.95 blue
| light specials -- not all of them are. I have a Zoom 2919 ISA internal
| modem that works just fine. (I disabled the PnP feature and jumpered it
| to COM4, but I had to do that to get it to run under Windows. [It
| plugged OK, but it didn't Play!]) I also got an older Zoom modem -- with
| PnP enabled -- to work with Mandrake.
| Unfortunately, one problem that newbies face is that most manufacturers
| (including Zoom) don't put anything on the box to indicate that their
| product will work with anything other than Windows. I agree with you
| that it would be best to get an external modem unless there is some
| compelling reason to go with an internal unit. In addition to the
| guaranteed compatibility with any operating system, you get all those
| neat flashing lights.
| -- Carroll Grigsby
|
