Tom:
They are called WinModems because they only intended to work under
windows. However, SOME of them can be made to work under other operating
systems. Go here:
www.idir.net.~gromitkc/winmodem.html
and here:
www.linmodems.org
Regards,
Carroll
Tom Malone wrote:
>
> When I go into the KDE Control center, and expand the System Menu, and then
> click on KDE System Control, and the check the properties of the 56k
> WinModem in the device manager, it says the modem is operational. But if I
> try to connect to my ISP, it says the modem is busy. Anu idea what could
> cause it?
>
> TIA
> Tom Malone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:29 PM
> To: NEWBIE Mandrake List
> Subject: FW: [newbie] Modem Configuration
>
> if you loaded linuxconf, run it, go to misc options, and select "modem"
>
> that windows has a detect option, if you select that, it will query your
> ports and look for a modem, if it finds one, it will make a symlink between
> your port and /dev/modem
>
> from then on, you just select /dev/modem in everything..
>
> rgds
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Malone
> Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2001 7:18 AM
> To: Mandrake Newbies
> Subject: [newbie] Modem Configuration
>
> I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I
> have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake
> 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem. During
> install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2 (which i
> thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't know
> what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I would
> be really grateful for any advice!
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Malone
