Donn, I did briefly think of using an external modem, but this is for my son and his wife who are not computer literate and like a tidy system which I have with my own T21. Until recently, I used external modems exclusively for my desktop PCs. I now have broadband via an ethernet/wifi router, so when using the T21 at home I use a wifi/broadband link. Router is a Netgear DG834GT Wifi card is Netgear WG511T Operating system is SUSE v9.1 Works well for a 'g' link (54MB/sec), but have not yet tried 'ndiswrapper' etc to go for 108Mb/sec. Ken Hough Donn Washburn wrote:

Ken Hough wrote:

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I have a problem with an IBM Thinkpad T21 which I have just obtained for my son. It contains a 3Com ethernet/winmodem device and so far I have not been able to discover a Linux driver for the 3Com winmodem. The ethernet part is working OK.

I've established that the winmodem does work by setting it up under MS Windows 98 + extra drivers.

This is a bit of a letdown as I already have a T21 (ie outwardly the same model as above), but this one contains an Intel ethernet/winmodem device. The modem part is a Lucent winmodem for which there is a driver and it works OK.

Any suggestions?

Ken Hough

If you have a COM/ttyS port then get a external modem and rid yourself of many headaches. It may work but always be a headache.