Modems

[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

Easiest would definitely be to plug in an external modem. I won't run 
internal. I've got a Zoom V.92 and I never have problems with it. Run it 
from my server in a home mini network (Still under configuration).
Bob

S. Lawton wrote:

> Which would be easier, to install an external modem, or recompile 
> my kernel with the neccessary drivers to make the HSP modem 
> card work ? 
> 
> My goals are: a) to NOT crash my linux box anymore. 
>                      b) to get the aforementioned on the internet with as 
> little grief as possible. 
> 
> I know absolutely nothing about external modems except that 
> they're an external device with all the HARDWARE required to do 
> what a modem is supposed to do. I have a serial and two USB 
> ports available. 
> 
> I have located and downloaded the [hopefully] correct targz with the 
> drivers to make the PCtel HSP56 software modem work in linux, 
> but I don't think I have the compiler unless Mandrake 8.1 gave it as 
> part of the default rpms. I have the PCtel modem mini-Howto if 
> anyone cares to read it for correctness. It makes a big deal about 
> how you can break your machine and do this entirely at your own 
> risk, and I'm very hesitant to fool with my kernel. 
> 
> Any input for or against either option gratefully accepted. 
> 
> 
> Scott 
> 
> Registered Linux User 261118 
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