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Re: [LUG] usb/pcmcia modems.



On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:24:13 +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Thursday 06 Feb 2003 7:16 pm, Kai Hendry wrote:
> > I think every USB modem should be "standard" (lets hope the manuf.
> > adhered), hence by the cheapest.
> But USB modems aren't hardware/external modems, they are usually 
> controllerless software modems that require a Windows-only driver. The USB 
> modem that I won in the St.Austell raffle doesn't work with RH or Mdk. (or 
> Debian3) - there aren't any drivers available to configure it. (as far as I 
> can tell). Works fine with Windows. If you could get a USB modem that was 
> actually a true external (previously serial) modem, it would work with any 
> kernel. I haven't seen any.

usb.c: registered new driver acm
acm.c: v0.21:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN
adapters

Have you tried this acm driver?
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html

> PCMCIA network cards are usually the best use of the slot on your laptop.

Agreed. Don't get 3com XJack. They SUCK. Broke mine. :/ 
In fact those little PCMCIA all suck. :)

-Kai

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