Re: Dell Inspiron which Linux

From: General Schvantzkoph (schvantzkoph_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/16/05 

Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:03:57 -0400

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:37:45 +0200, Stéphane Paris wrote:

> Well, I have no answer but a question about dell inspiron 8100 and linux
> mandrake 10. I really don't understand modem configuration. It seems
> that the material is correctly plugin at boot but when I use the
> configuration tool, it doesn't work ?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Stéphane

Chances are that your modem is a Winmodem, all built in modems are
winmodems, and most winmodems don't work with Linux. If you still need to
use a modem get an external modem and make sure that it's a real modem.
Any serial port modem will work, I'm not sure if all USB modems are real
modems, you'll have to read the box. If your box doesn't have a serial
port then get a Keyspan USB to serial adapater (make sure it's a Keyspan,
the drivers for the Keyspans are built into the kernel, they are a very
Linux friendly company).

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