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Thanks Kevin & Derek!
It sounds as though the ActionTec
FM560LK that I have is not the
reported "international" version and is likely a
Lucent chipset winmodem
type.
Though there appears to be a
workaround I really don't see the time to
invest in all of that. I think I will see
about selling it and will instead see
if I can acquire one that is non-winmodem and
naturally Linux compatible
without a workaround.
BTW: The ActionTec worked really
well under Windows. I have an IBM
pcmcia modem 02K4249 that I think was
toasted by a lightning surge and
the ActionTec was the replacement. I
think the IBM is actually a branded
card or perhaps they bought the company that made
the one where the
phone jack pops out ... name escapes me at the
moment. Anyhow only
one pci card by IBM shows up on the SUSE
site.
If I can resolve the bootup PHdisk
error on my HP OmniBook 4100 then
I may be able to get Linux to recognize the 3com
EtherLink III pcmcia network
card ... meanwhile I will see if the server box
will recognize the Viking modem.
Linux is still more of an adventure to set up than
is Windows ... but worth the
extra effort in my opinion ... if Stormix survives
perhaps their next version will
include the newer Debian and the additional drivers
and troubleshooting that
will eliminate many of these extra
steps.
Will report in what I discover ...
:-)
Thanks again ... Doc
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I always look here first before buying modems. It
is a proven list by
actual owners of the modem who actually tried it with usually S/Ns or series numbers (since things can change even in the same manuf. product line). http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Which seems to indicate PC Card versions of the ActionTec _are_ "OK" http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010302a.html http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/dl56klk.html Thay may mean however it works with the "Linmodem" Lucent drivers since I see it is a Lucent chipset. http://www.linmodems.org/ http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/doc.html ~kevin http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispreport.cgi?DISP?1159 |
