buying a 56K modem...

[fredex]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:41:40PM +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> fredex wrote (about modems):
> > both external AND serial, NOT USB.
> 
> Um. The USB standards people seem to have provided standardised
> interfaces for a lot of things, including external drives and modems.
> Not all USB modems bother to implement the CDC ACM standard, but some
> do. I understand that those that do implement this standard should work
> under Fedora.
> 
> If you have the kernel-doc package installed, read
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/usb/acm.txt . It says
> "Check for ACM compliance before buying."
> 
> Come to that, when I plugged my old (Motorola) mobile phone in, Fedora
> automatically created a ttyAMC0 device node for it.
> 
> Having said all that, the last modem I used regularly was a 56K ISA
> internal one which wasn't even plug'n'play. It was ideal for Linux. So I
> can't recommend USB CDC ACM modems based on personal experience.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> James.

James:

Thanks for the clarification.

The reaosn I suggested SERIAL and not USB is because I know that some
USB modems work, some don't, and I personally have/had no idea how 
to tell without first buying it. So, to avoid giving the OP a bum
steer I suggested what should be foolproof (assuming you can find a
serial modem in the stores these days).

Fred

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