Any suggestions for a replacement of my conexant hcf internal, modem which has stopped since I upgraded to fedora 2? The DS Intel Ham has a similar problem with the chip manufacturer having a proprietry component to the driver and not upgrading to the latest linux releases
Thanks
Stephen
Stephen Pearce wrote:
Any suggestions for a replacement of my conexant hcf internal, modem which has stopped since I upgraded to fedora 2? The DS Intel Ham has a similar problem with the chip manufacturer having a proprietry component to the driver and not upgrading to the latest linux releases
I'd get a Lectron I56PSP/F40 PCI modem from Ascent (http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=120287). $20.93, and it works well in linux.
Get the ltmodem drivers from http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/. If you're running FC2 on a P2 or Celeron or later, you'll *probably* be ok to get the binary release drivers - make sure you get the right one for the kernel you are running however!
Type
uname -r
on a shell prompt to get the kernel revision, and make sure the file name you are getting has the same kernel revision.
If your machine is reasonably fast, it is fairly easy to get the source package and use that instead. It is well documented, and actually has a couple of scripts which automate the entire process for you. You'll need to install all your standard kernel compilation tools however.
As an aside, there is a wiki page dealing with winmodems, could people add their experiences with these? http://www.wlug.org.nz/WinModem
I'd get a Lectron I56PSP/F40 PCI modem from Ascent (http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=120287). $20.93, and it works well in linux.
Get the ltmodem drivers from http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/. If you're running FC2 on a P2 or Celeron or later, you'll *probably* be ok to get the binary release drivers - make sure you get the right one for the kernel you are running however!
Just following this up - there are (or were, when I looked a month or two back), two sets of binary drivers - one for i386, one for i686. Except, the ones targetted for i386, were actually still compiled for i686. This means they will not work at all on an i586 system, such as a pentium, or a k6 or k6-2 processor.
If you've got a Celeron or Pentium 2 or later, or an AMD Athlon or Duron, you'll be fine.
Daniel
May I suggest you get DSL or Wireless or whatever is available in your area. Modems are soooo 20th Century. ;)
Regards
On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 07:59, Stephen Pearce wrote:
Any suggestions for a replacement of my conexant hcf internal, modem which has stopped since I upgraded to fedora 2? The DS Intel Ham has a similar problem with the chip manufacturer having a proprietry component to the driver and not upgrading to the latest linux releases
Thanks
Stephen
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Most of NZ is sooo 20th century.
But I do have adsl so, I have a 56K external, and some 33.6k Phone Modems if you need one, and you don't mind collecting from Hamilton.
You can borrow while you sort it out or, I can let the 56K external go for a very very reasonable price or swap for whatever if you like
In fact I'll be happy to see it used. As long as you have a serial port, there is a real benefit in having an external. I tend not to waste time with internals any more.
Oliver Jones wrote:
May I suggest you get DSL or Wireless or whatever is available in your area. Modems are soooo 20th Century. ;)
Regards
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