Help on a modem question

[Stinkfist]

Hello,
Lets say you have 2.2.X and then you upgraded to 2.4.X kernel, will you have to get 2.4.X compatible modem driver?
if so....
then what if the modem company doesn't make 2.4.. driver...
are you screwed?

[slapNUT]

If you are talking about a Winmodem driver that you have to build then it all depends on the driver. The Lucent Driver ltmodem for example only needs to be rebuilt when you upgrade the kernel.

If the driver specifically states that it is not compatible with the 2.4 kernel then you are stuck with keeping the 2.2 kernel or losing the modem.

[Stinkfist]

thanks

gosh darn... looks like my hardware modem only supports 2.2.x bah!!!

Can you or anyone else reading this suggest a 56k modem that supports 2.4.x...
I'm a total newbie at this.. I just managed to get my system to dual-boot and now would like to get on the internet with LINUX :)

btw- I'm on a dell desktop pentium 1GHZ, 128MB, blah blah blah.... redhat 7.2 and winme

[camelrider]

If it is really a hardware modem I see no reason for it not to be supported by 2.4.x kernels. Does RedHat's hardware compatability list include a modem section?
If not, search for it by make and model on google/linux or post specific questions here.
:)

[chikn]

Originally posted by Stinkfist:
<STRONG>thanks

gosh darn... looks like my hardware modem only supports 2.2.x bah!!!

Can you or anyone else reading this suggest a 56k modem that supports 2.4.x...
</STRONG>


Any good external serial hard modem will work with anything.