8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
04:06
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 8:09 pm, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 07:33 pm, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Second, I'm having some difficulty locating appropriate hardware. The very common PCTel winmodems aren't supported under the 2.6 kernel.
Why would anyone want a winmodem?
Because (in my opinion at least) the alternatives are not very appetizing.
External modems avoid the driver problems but are a pain to deal with.
Why?? Nothing could be simpler than an external modem. Highly recommended.
It involves extra cabling and extra desk space plus another box to take care of. Paul