Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread Peter
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:38:50AM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are software only. Someone gave me an Intel modem clone. It sat in junk box until I broke down and installed a UPS, which took over the only

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread Peter
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:38:50AM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are software only. Someone gave me an Intel modem clone. It sat in junk box until I broke down

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread guy keren
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Peter wrote: On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:38:50AM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread Peter
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will keep my eyes open for the USR Sportster internal. Available in PCI I hope and not just ISA? PCI internal, and needs no funny setup programs (setserial is enough). There are also other good brands, using chipsets from Rockwell and Lucent.

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread Peter
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, guy keren wrote: assuming no one develops new modems any longer (what for? 3rd-world countries?), it's likely the same chips are used, and hence - the same Right, this is way up there with '640k RAM should be enough for everyone'. Rest assured that there are, and will be

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread guy keren
Peter wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, guy keren wrote: assuming no one develops new modems any longer (what for? 3rd-world countries?), it's likely the same chips are used, and hence - the same Right, this is way up there with '640k RAM should be enough for everyone'. Rest assured that there

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread Peter
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, guy keren wrote: i think you have misinterpreted what i wrote. i did not say they are not in use. i said new ones are not developed. this is for the simple reason that the technology has got to its peak. thus, modems sold today probably use the same chips that were used

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread guy keren
apparently you, too, misinterpreted what i wrote. i said develop new modems. i didn't say manufacture new modems. ah, well... --guy Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Guy, No argument with most of what you wrote, but: guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: assuming no one develops new modems any

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-06 Thread michael
I will keep my eyes open for the USR Sportster internal. Available in PCI I hope and not just ISA? PCI internal, and needs no funny setup programs (setserial is enough). There are also other good brands, using chipsets from Rockwell and Lucent. But if you are on a budget, go to a local

possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread michael
My parents use an ancient Windows PC to dial into their Netvision account and read their Netvision email using Netvision's email system. Their computer is very tempermental, so I'd love to replace it with a simple Linux computer to increase reliability and reduce space. Last time I checked, and

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread Oded Arbel
On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 12:20 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last time I checked, and this was awhile ago, it was only possible to dial into Netvision with a (Windows) program provided by Netvision. I don't know that there ever was a time when this was correct. Can this be done from Linux?

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread Diego Iastrubni
ביום שני 05 פברואר 2007, 22:50, נכתב על ידי Oded Arbel: Can this be done from Linux? http://cables2.netvision.net.il/linux/ He is using dialup. goto http://linmodems.org and google for more information. Also subscribe to their list and ask for more help. This is one of the darker places in

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread michael
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Oded Arbel wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 12:20 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last time I checked, and this was awhile ago, it was only possible to dial into Netvision with a (Windows) program provided by Netvision. I don't know that there ever was a time when this was

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread Amos Shapira
On 06/02/07, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ביום שני 05 פברואר 2007, 22:50, נכתב על ידי Oded Arbel: Can this be done from Linux? http://cables2.netvision.net.il/linux/ He is using dialup. goto http://linmodems.org and google for more information. Also subscribe to their list and

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread Ori Idan
Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are software only. -- Ori Idan On 2/6/07, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/02/07, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ביום שני 05 פברואר 2007, 22:50, נכתב על ידי Oded Arbel: Can this be done from Linux?

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread michael
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: On 06/02/07, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ביום שני 05 פברואר 2007, 22:50, נכתב על ידי Oded Arbel: Can this be done from Linux? http://cables2.netvision.net.il/linux/ He is using dialup. goto

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:38:50AM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are software only. Someone gave me an Intel modem clone. It sat in junk box until I broke down and installed a UPS, which took over the only serial port I had on that computer. I stuck the

Re: possible to dial into netvision from linux?

2007-02-05 Thread michael
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:38:50AM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: Yes, but most AT compliant PCI modems today are software only. Someone gave me an Intel modem clone. It sat in junk box until I broke down and installed a UPS, which took over the only