I'm going to buy a modem!

[kidsleep]

I'm going to ditch this winmodem piece of ...well, you know. I was looking at pricewatch.com at saw a few external modems for an extremely low price.($17 US) my question is this: on the description, it says they support windows 9x/2000/xp blah blah but nothing about linux. but aren't all external modems compatable with linux? does it matter that it's usb based? What are you guy's thoughts on the matter? BTW, $17 was the low end, I'll probably end up going with a slightly higher model, but still no where near the $100 price at the local best buy.

Thanks guys

[do_guh_new]

you would be safe with an external serial port modem, probaly usb wouldnt be bad either but I only know about serial port modems from experience and I personally never had a problem with them.

[CrashTestDummy9]

Yes it matters about USB . Get a good serial hardware modem . US Robotics is usually a safe bet . I had a Creative Modem Blaster that worked quite well too. Aside from that get DSL or cable . Most ppl smoke enough cigarettes to pay for broadband . ..............Just a thought .

[mr orion77]

since i'm nver gonna solve my modem problem then what would u reccomend as a cheap modem. is dynamode a good brand or creative are they compatible? preferably less than £25. i'm skint right now!

[neondog]

I've used several different brands of external serial modems without any problems. Currently running a Creative Modem Blaster with no probs. I don't know about going the USB route since i have not tried it. (Ain't broke don't fix it) but it would probably require some debugging and loading modules related to USB and modems

[mr orion77]

creative eh. which model. what distro r u usin?
i want it to be able to install right away. lazy but truth.
its a pain that i cant use net with linux!!!:(

[Sam H Bennett]

I have a US Robotics v.90 external serial modem that works with M$, but not with Linux. I don't know why. (Luckily I got this one for free, so no big loss.) If you are going to purchase a new modem, there are PCI modems that are Linux compatible. I know that some_idiot (LNO username) uses one. I think the one he uses is a US Robotics V.92. (Search for a thread called "recommend a modem" in this section [Hardware] for his reply) Just be certain that manufacturer guarantees Linux compatibility.

[neondog]

I am using a Creative Modem Blaster External V.92 with Redhat 7.2..its a serial connection. It cost me about $50 (U.S. Dollars) from Circuit City a few months back. Works fine with the default RH 7.2 install. From what I understand about modems, Linux and "Winmodems" is that you want a REAL modem. I believe they are called " controller-less modems". What this means is that the modem actually handles the modulation/demodulation within its own hardware vs. Winmodems and their clones, which use the CPU to handle many of the processes.

Not sure about the previous post and US Robo..they use to be a good company until they sold the name to 3Com (just my slant)

[janet loves bill]

I ditched that 56k pci voice garbage that gateway stuck in this thing. now it sports a US Robotics V.92 Fax Pci, the cd software also comes with a LINUX driver, whooop there it is. It was $95 @ Compusa.

[kidsleep]

OK, after much searching on pricewatch I've determined that I shall purchase an external modem from Diamond. Here is the description from the site:

Diamond Supra Express
56k External serial port modem
for Mac AMC Serial

It says "for Mac" will it work with a pc?


Anyone see any immediate reasons that this one won't work with linux (i.e. past experience or heard through the grapevine)


Thanks for the input guys!:)

[kidsleep]

Nevermind. Damn thing is for Mac's only.

Oh son of a bi-----!!!!!!!!!!!!!