On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:20:26PM -0500, Michael Busse wrote:
> Anyone have any recommendations on modems that will work with RH7.2
> linux.

If money is no object, get the External USRobotics External 56K
Sportster serial modem.  Why?  I've had bad luck with internal modems,
usually involving hardware lockups that are only recoverable through
rebooting the computer.  If the external modem fails on you, you
power-cycle the modem, reinitialize your ppp session, and you're golden.

If money is an object try to stay away from the Winmodems, unless it's a
Lucent Technologies modem.  Winmodems refer to modems that rely upon
software/kernel-level control.  Traditional modems have a UART chip
that controls the hardware.  These make the cards more expensive, but
the kernel drivers simpler.  Lucent modems are the /only/ modems, IIRC,
that have a Linux kernel driver.  All others fail the "compatibility"
test.

Check out the MODEM-HOWTO and related documents at
http://www.linuxdoc.org.

IMHO, just get the external Sportster.  You'll never be sorry you did.

-- 
Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net>                 | a.k.a. ^chewie
http://www.wookimus.net/                            | s.k.a. gunnarr
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