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getting my modem to work in Linux
Name: newbies Date: October 14, 2002 at 08:25:02 Pacific OS: 7.2 CPU/Ram: 700/128
Comment:
Would like to know how to install mdem driver in Linux.
Name: Balram Adlakha Date: October 14, 2002 at 10:47:57 Pacific
Reply:
Your modem is definately a winmodem (ie, a fake modem ie, it uses the cpu and the OS to do the things which a modem is supposed to do). Winmodems need a driver which is mostly not open source and so the companies don't give the code to the linux distributors and so these modems are not supported in linux. I have a satellite 2805 laptop, it comes with a lucent (agere) winmodem. Probably yours does too. You can check what modem it is, if its a lucent chip, you're (a bit) lucky. Its a very tiring job to install a winmodem in linux, And if its not a lucent one, just forget it. I suggest you get a real modem (ie, a hardware modem). But if you insist in installing this modem, and its a lucent one, open up google.com and type 'lucent winmodem drivers'. Or you can go to linmodems.org
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Summary: I'm having trouble getting my modem to work with the above OS. Any ideas where I can get the right drivers and how to install them. I'm pretty new to LINUX. ...
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