RE: Modems for Linux?

["Vivekananda Baindoor" <viveklb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now I am going to rely on That's filter which would throw away HTML mails -
I am still using Outlook Express - if this mail goes out in HTML and is
found on the list - you know whom to catch - obviously not me!

What I am going to say next would certainly surprise most of my friends
there in India!  I do not know about Atul - would he be surprised too?

Here in UK, so far I have seen only two or three brands - 3COM/USR, Pace and
Diamond.  Occasionally a Hayes.

None of the other brands are visible anywhere - neither in Computer shops,
nor in Computer magazines!

Surprising and strange!

Back there - there are so many - ZyXEL, Boca, Hayes, Multitech, Zoom etc etc
- - to name a few.

Apparently here in UK, internal modems are more popular.
Consequently I am forced to use an Internal modem even at home - the
external ones are quite expensive and there is no real compelling reason to
buy them - and with the choice limited to just three or four brands - the
prices remain high.

I am yet to find any active Linux user's group here - though there are a few
Unix user's groups which require a membership fee etc.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Atul Chitnis [SMTP:achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >      I have heard that Winmodems don't work with linux. Now, I
> > want a modem so that
> > I  can surf from both Windows and Linux.My question is  :
> > How to distinguish between a winmodem and a modem that works with
> > Linux. Is this info given on the cover box of the
> > modem or is it impossible to tell a winmodem from a Linux
> > friendly modem just by looking at
> > it.
> 
> Simple answer - buy an external modem. *All* WinModems I have come across
> so
> far are internal modems.
> 
> I have heard rumours of an external US Robotics/3COM modem that is a
> WinModem, so you might want to avoid that brand.
> 
> As for which modem being a good one - the one that works best is the one
> you
> tried *at your place* before you paid for it. Brandnames mean nothing. I
> have seen cheapo modems perform great on lines where 10K modems bombed,
> and
> of course vice versa.
> 
> Seeing is believing.
> 
> Atul
> 

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