Hello...I am still a newbie.
I have a notebook with a limited set of ports, none of
which will adapt easily to an external modem. So my
choice is a pcmcia card, which is causing me problems.
I am recompiling my kernel to try to get it to take this
card, and it is causing fits. So I am looking for an alternate
way to solve this problem, maybe a better way.
I don't know if Linux, especially Red Hat, supports
USB Modems, or even how good they work.
Anyone have an real experience with this?
Especially name a few good brands, if there are some.
How long has USB support like this existed in Linux,
by the way?
Thanks,
TomP
I found this at linux-usb.org.
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html
The majority of USB modems I would expect not to work. When USB modems first started appearing there were a couple hardware based, but I believe the majority out there now are software based (winmodems).
Software modem = one of the worst ideas the computer industry ever came up with. :P
Jim H
Well, Jim,
I was hoping for a brand name, or something from
someone.
I do have this Lucent Winmodem working inside
the notebook, and it is doing within 90% of what my
ZOOM external modem is doing on my desktop, as
far as throughput.
But, I was hoping to get either a PCMCIA card
or a USB Modem to work, when I first wrote.
Because the Winmodem was doing only half of this..
it was awful and cantakerous...
In fact, all this was so disgustingly complex, that
I took all the Linux off and was considering putting old
BeOS back on, just as a backup, and going back to Windows.
But I did several reinstalls, in fact, 8 of them, trying
to get all the things right....My notebook is not exactly
LINUX-Friendly...
So by the 8th, I was really thinking BeOS or just W98.
But I have bought books, and spent much time these
last twelve weeks, trying to learn Linux. SO I gave it
the old college try.
I reinstalled the 9th time, and it seemed to be charmed.
Everything went right. And when I put the modem driver
back in, and did the dialup configuration, SOMETHING
just fell into place perfectly...I know not what.
And now I have an internal, software driven modem
that is pumping out those little bits through the telephone
line like any good external modem. Or close, anyway.
No moral here, except maybe not to give up..Think
good thoughts...say your prayers....Be pure
of heart..well, don't give up, anyway! :-D
But, hey, it wouldn't hurt to know about any success
with a USB modem on a notebook, if anyone out there has
such a thing to tell.
TomP
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