Go to your Device Manager and the select the + by the modem then look at what it tell you about the modem. Then select the modem then properities at the bottom and see what it say for the port that its using and the name. Go to this url and see if your modem is listed there and there is also a ton of readme type help about linmodems there... http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ I am currently using a winmodem with Mandrake 8.0 to answer this with, so all is not lost yet. I hope that this helps. Don --- Gurusami Annamalai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >.... The important question is: does the modem use > a real hardware > >port, or is the port emulated by a special windows > driver? Look in > >device manager in the same where COM and LPT ports > are. If you can find > >a COM3 there (maybe, some windrivers emulate good), > look at its > >properties. If it is using default IO and IRQ > settings (IRQ=4, IO=2e8 or > >3e8), then you are lucky, otherwise it is only a > software-emulated > >interface and you are out of luck. > > Well. When I checked in the Device Manager-> Ports > (COM & LPT) section > I see only COM1, COM2, LPT1. So I guess I am out of > luck. :-( > What I have is, what are called, a winmodem > afterall! Psst. > > Thank you for the response. > > Sincerely, > anna > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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