Thanks for the info. I also just checked the USR internal modem sa Villman site (I assume na yun din ang binibenta sa iba). WinModem s'ya. Hindi ko na pag-aaksayahan ng panahon. :) I just thought that it might not be a winmodem. Sayang, di hamak na mas mura kasi ang mga internal modems, eh.
Rafael R.Sevilla wrote: >On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 05:40:10PM +0800, Andres Montiel wrote: > >>Tanong: puwede ba ang US Robotics internal modem sa Linux? Hindi ba ito >>magkakaproblema? Di ba ilag ang Linux sa internal modems? >> > >It depends. There are modems that are *real* modems that contain all of >the dedicated (and expensive) DSP hardware needed for an actual modem's >operation. All external serial modems and a few internal modems (I >believe this includes some 3Com/USR models) are of this type. Linux has >no problem with them. However, the vast majority of internal modems >(and many internal modems created by 3Com/US Robotics I suspect) are >"soft" modems that don't have this circuitry and for the most part >consist of only a UART and analog to digital and digital to analog >circuits where your computer's CPU fits in between, doing the DSP work. >These kinds of modems (which characterize some 99% of all internal >modems you find in typical computer store) are usually almost completely >worthless under any operating system not supported by the manufacturer, >which probably means only Windows. > >In short, not all internal modems are worthless with Linux. The vast >majority, however, are Winmodems that require non-trivial drivers that >simply do not exist under other operating systems. Besides, a typical >soft modem driver on a 56Kbps/V.90 connection would probably consume >half the processing power of an old model Pentium II. Any excessive >loading on the CPU of a machine with a Winmodem would likely result in a >significant bandwidth drop, if not a broken connection. > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
