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Farmer64
12-10-2007, 08:08 PM
I am trying to configure my modem. I have loaded Fedora 7. I tried to run wvdialconf but it gave up and did not find the modem. I then ran scanModem. It said that the chipset on the modem was not supported. I have a USR V.92 Win Fax Internal model 5699b. I have searched around the different HOWTO sites and I came across a page that said that any external modem would work. Is this true? If it is which one works best or is there something else that I can do that is not quite so drastic? I new to Linux and I would like to keep this as simple as possible. I have a lot to learn.
bwkaz
12-10-2007, 08:38 PM
Any external modem will work because all external modems plug into a serial port (but note: when it said "external", it meant NOT USB! USB modems are just as poorly-supported as internal PCI winmodems).
You might be able to find some driver specific to your modem PCI card that makes a virtual serial port appear (since any modem control program requires a serial port, whether it's virtual or physical); if you can find that, then you should be able to make any modem control program (e.g. wvDial) work with it. But finding it is hard -- most of these PCI modems do all the actual modulation and demodulation on the host CPU (i.e. in a driver).
If you have a modem that you can plug into a real serial port, then you just configure the modem control program to talk to that serial port, and you can watch the lights on the modem to see if it's actually talking. :)
See also Rick Moen's (http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/) experience with modems, but don't take anything he says personally. ;)
jaygee432
12-11-2007, 12:19 PM
Puppy Linux has added impressive support for modems. It seems that if your modem can work with linux, puppy can help you. I say "it seems" because I can't say from experience, as this is no longer and issue for me.
i845_
12-12-2007, 08:28 AM
It said that the chipset on the modem was not supported.
I'm assuming that your modem is a Winmodem.
What chipset did scanModem report, by the way...? There are Linux drivers for chipsets by a few select brands, so if your chipset's supported, you could try them out. Here's a link (http://www.linmodems.org) that you could use (but then you probably have already visited it by now...)
* And here is a link (http://www.xmodem.org) that will help you on your quest for the right modem.