Modem Drivers

[Robert L Cochran]

Tony Dietrich wrote:

>On Monday 14 Feb 2005 02:44, Robert L Cochran wrote:
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>>I think I may be forced to use a 56K dialup modem when I'm in the UK
>>next month. I have not used Linux with dialup in some years now. I did
>>at one time, and still have a heavy old "real" 3Com external 56K modem,
>>but I'd prefer to just use my laptop's internal modem.
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>If you can get the laptops modem recognised, then you will have no problems 
>getting FC to work in the UK with our dialups.
>Try www.linmodems.org for getting the internal modem recognised and 
>configured .. their mailing list is almost as good as this one.
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>>How do I get started with dialup in Fedora Core 3? Does it have a
>>capability for dialing UK freephone numbers like '0800 1234 5678901'?
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>Yes, it does .. there's one trick we don't tell foreigners though :-) ...
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>insert '1470' before the number you dial.  Most of the ISPs use caller 
>recognition on their systems, and most UK numbers by default withhold the 
>caller information.  1470 is the code to release this information on a 
>per-call basis.
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>>Can anyone offer me advice for using Fedora Core with a modem without
>>losing my hair?
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>don't use the area code bit .. leave that blank and put the whole number in 
>the number-to-be-dialed field, if you use one of the GUIs to configure the 
>modem.
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>>Bob
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>Has your laptop got wireless?  If so, there are an increasing number of public 
>hotspots in the UK, and several hotels over here make it available.  Buy 
>BTOpenWorld access credits and you can hop from one point to the next.
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>Some hotels also have the facility to pl;ug a laptop into their ADSL networks.  
>There are also relatively cheap facilities at some of the per-hour office 
>rental sites .. rent an office for an hour and get full network connectivity 
>thrown in for the price.  Great if you are running a meeting with a client 
>and need access to home office for data.   As a side issue, this also puts 
>you in *your* office when the call... even if its only your office for a 
>couple of hours.
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>If not, one or two cybercafe's in most of the big cities will allow you to 
>plug into their network - for a fee of course.  If you are London based I 
>*think* the one near Oxford Circus allows this.
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>Watch the cost of plugging your laptop in at a hotel and dialing a 'freephone' 
>number .. they will still charge you a steep useage fee on your hotel bill 
>for data calls.
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>Which part of the country are you heading for?
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Thanks for all the great advice. I'll be in different places in East 
Sussex and possibly in Berkshire and of course London most of the time.

Bob