[S.u.S.E. Linux] New Modem
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE). Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com P.S. - Has anybody gotten the ISP MindSpring to work with Linux? -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Gene Flanagin wrote:
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE).
Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com
P.S. - Has anybody gotten the ISP MindSpring to work with Linux? -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Yes I have gotten Mindspring working it is really pretty straight forward. Mindspring has a page with instructions at <A HREF="http://help.mindspring.com/modules/00000/00006.htm"><A HREF="http://help.mindspring.com/modules/00000/00006.htm</A">http://help.mindspring.com/modules/00000/00006.htm</A</A>> Jerome K. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
save yourself some possible headache and get an external. anything by diamond or motorola is fine, provided it is NOT a 'winmodem'. Any k56flex modem should be upgradeable to the v.90 standard via a firmware update. My motorola is, that way you can enjoy k56flex today (if your isp supports it) and v.90 in the near future. My experience with 56k modems leaves me prefering 33.6, but maybe you have perfect phone lines where you live and 56k will work for you. 56k modems work perfectly as 33.6 modems in case your phone lines don't give good performance with 56k. ======================================================================= "I was playing poker the other night ... with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." -- Steven Wright ======================================================================= On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Gene Flanagin wrote:
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE).
Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com
P.S. - Has anybody gotten the ISP MindSpring to work with Linux? -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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I had USR Sportster, Motorola ModemSurfr, and a Zoom FaxModem. The latter two were 56K the former a 33.6. No problems with the USR or Zoom. My Motorola worked fine so long as it didn't drop carrier, which happened a couple times a week (a major pain if your dling a large file). I jsut picked up my Zoom and it seems to be just fine (no interruptions as of yet). Make sure you get an external model whichever manufacturer you go with, and make sure it isn't a winmodem. Als look for v.90 ready or upgradable. Luck, Mark Gene Flanagin wrote:
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE).
Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com
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Mark Wagnon wrote:
Als look for v.90 ready or upgradable.
With the file you either dl or are sent, do you have to go into windows to upgrade? i've never done one of those before, and i was wondering how the upgrades work. -- Aaron Seelye <roberto@cbvcp.com> <A HREF="http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto"><A HREF="http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto</A">http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
I'm not really sure, as I haven't uprgraded a modem in Linux, but I have had to update my CD-RW and my SCSI card, both from DOS, so I would think that it would be the same for upgrading a modem. I guess that's one more reason to keep DOS/Windows around (the other reason for me is games). Luck, Mark Aaron Seelye wrote:
Mark Wagnon wrote:
Als look for v.90 ready or upgradable.
With the file you either dl or are sent, do you have to go into windows to upgrade? i've never done one of those before, and i was wondering how the upgrades work.
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Aaron Seelye wrote:
Mark Wagnon wrote:
Als look for v.90 ready or upgradable.
With the file you either dl or are sent, do you have to go into windows to upgrade? i've never done one of those before, and i was wondering how the upgrades work.
For my USRobotics X2 modem I had to fire up Windows 3.11 and do the upgrade to V.90. I'm pretty positive that you need some flavor of Windows for upgrading the flash rom. I have the internal Sportster X2 with fax, great modem. Just *stay* away from the *win* model(s). Dana -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Gene Flanagin wrote:
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE).
Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com
Hi Gene, Just my thoughts on modems. I have an internal one, because I don't have a lot of desk space to put boxs. But an external one is probalbly the best for a linux system. In the event that you need to change it you don't have to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You should get the best that you can afford. That's one thing you should not save money on. Hope this helps! JIM ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de M$ -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ___________ News Flash! -------------- News Flash! ___________________ Yesterday, a ferry boat leaving Haiti sunk and 300 people died, drowned, as the boat capsized. But a tragedy was avoided when they discovered that none of them on board was a Princess. --- Harlan Ellison, InterZone -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Hi Just a quick note. I have an external (US Robotics) and internal (Hayes). The internal was set with plug and play. This did not work with Unix nor NT. I have not tried it yet under Linux. I had to manually configure it using the jumpers. The external worked no problem. The point being, plug and play is great for Windows 95 but may not suit other operating systems. Just my few cents worth. Regards Brett. Jim Hatridge wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Gene Flanagin wrote:
I am going to purchase a new modem in the near future and I need to know whether I should get an internal one or an external one. Also which companies are best for linux (or SUSE).
Gene Flanagin exdeath@mindspring.com
Hi Gene,
Just my thoughts on modems. I have an internal one, because I don't have a lot of desk space to put boxs. But an external one is probalbly the best for a linux system. In the event that you need to change it you don't have to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You should get the best that you can afford. That's one thing you should not save money on.
Hope this helps!
JIM
----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de
M$ -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!)
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Yesterday, a ferry boat leaving Haiti sunk and 300 people died, drowned, as the boat capsized. But a tragedy was avoided when they discovered that none of them on board was a Princess. --- Harlan Ellison, InterZone
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Hi
Just a quick note. I have an external (US Robotics) and internal (Hayes). The internal was set with plug and play. This did not work with Unix nor NT. I have not tried it yet under Linux. I had to manually configure it using the jumpers. The external worked no problem. The point being, plug and play is great for Windows 95 but may not suit other operating systems.
Just my few cents worth.
Regards Brett.
I have serveral pnp card that I've used with my linux box, although I won't say that all pnp cards will work under linux, your modem should... There is tool called isapnptools that most distributions come with... It can tell you what the settings for pnp are for each card it detects (this also worked with a pnp pci ethernet card I had) and configure any compatible drivers to work with that device... -- =========== =========== Jonathan Paul Cowherd jpcowh01@slug.louisville.edu <A HREF="http://www.slug.louisville.edu/~jpcowh01"><A HREF="http://www.slug.louisville.edu/~jpcowh01</A">http://www.slug.louisville.edu/~jpcowh01</A</A>> This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend =========== =========== -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Hi! Trying to kill the keyboard, hatridge@straubing.baynet.de produced:
to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You
Winmodems are probably OK for Windows. But since they lack essential hardware (and have to use the CPU of the computers using a proprietary DLL to compensate) they simply won't work with anything else, e.g. Linux. -Wolfgang -- PGP 2 welcome: Mail me, subject "send PGP-key". If you've nothing at all to hide, you must be boring. Unsolicited Bulk E-Mails: *You* pay for ads you never wanted. Is our economy _so_ weak we have to tolerate SPAMMERS? I guess not. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, hatridge@straubing.baynet.de produced:
to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You
Winmodems are probably OK for Windows. But since they lack essential hardware (and have to use the CPU of the computers using a proprietary DLL to compensate) they simply won't work with anything else, e.g. Linux.
Or DOS for that matter. ;-) Dana -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, hatridge@straubing.baynet.de produced:
to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You
Winmodems are probably OK for Windows. But since they lack essential hardware (and have to use the CPU of the computers using a proprietary DLL to compensate) they simply won't work with anything else, e.g. Linux.
-Wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang, You're right, winmodems are probably ok for gatesware. But nothing else! Once someone gets passed kindergarden they will want a real modem. Then they will be kicking their butts for spending money on a toy. So the bottom line is don't get trapped by the evil empire! JIM ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de M$ -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ___________ News Flash! -------------- News Flash! ___________________ Yesterday, a ferry boat leaving Haiti sunk and 300 people died, drowned, as the boat capsized. But a tragedy was avoided when they discovered that none of them on board was a Princess. --- Harlan Ellison, InterZone -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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jpcowh01＠ox.slug.louisville.edu -
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satan＠nfinity.com -
weissel＠jupiter.ph-cip.uni-koeln.de