On Saturday 09 February 2002 12:06, Ravi wrote:

> All: is it fact that a PCI modem can't be used to dial and connect to
> the Internet?
> The modem I have is a 3Com 56K V.90 Mini PCI Modem.

Many PCI modems do not work in Linux because they are "Winmodems," 
relying on software drivers to do most of the work. Linux drivers are 
available for _some_ chipsets of this type.

The fact that a modem is PCI does not automatically mean it is a 
windmodem, although probably the majority are. I have a PCI 3Com/USR 
internal modem that is hardware based and works great in Linux. Read 
the box or the product description carefully. 

Your best bet for easy, trouble-free modem setup is an external model 
that connects to your serial port.

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