USB Modem on Linux

[bluE_Chili]

Just thought any of you aussies out there would be interested to know that a friend of mine managed to get my swann usb modem to work with Mandrake Linux 9.0 on the IBM thinkpad (which only has 2 usb ports and one PCMCIA slot)

I know modems are a pretty big hassle with linux... my modem was only an el cheapo (AU$99) one so I'm quite pleased it worked otherwise I would have had to fork out twice as much for a PCMCIA one.

Funny thing is I read many a post that said things along the lines of "I'm yet to find a usb modem that works with Linux..." well sorry but I'm using one right now! heh heh

If anyone wants more info let me know.

Cheers.

[atwalhs]

How did you do it?

As far as I know only CDC ACM usb modems will work, and you need the acm.o module on the system, which I can't find anywhere on my mdk 9

[bluE_Chili]

I downloaded the driver from the following link:

http://www.smlink.com/

[cyberdiamond]

I got my Netcomm USB modem to work in Redhat without downloading drivers!

But it will not work on my Toshiba laptop in Linux or XP?

I think it may be a power issue (ie it draws 400ma)