I use a Lucent LT modem with my Debian install. It seems to work perfectly.
-- Arthur H. Johnson II Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA Debian GNU/Linux Advocate, Window Maker Advocate President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM: arthurjohnson AIM: bytor4232 ICQ: 31770438 On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Chris Kenrick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:04:26PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > > Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using > > > internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. > > > > > An external is just one more box taking up space somewhere on my > > > crowded table. > > > > True. > > > > > As for lights, I don't have that problem, the lights are on the > > > command bar at the bottom, either in Windows or Linux/X/KDE. > > > > Where? I haven't seen any lights in windows (back when I used it, and > > also had dial-up). I haven't looked for lights linux. > > > > > Lights aren't that helpful anyway, they can't tell you whether the > > > delay is temporary or your ISP connection is hung permanently. > > > > The lights are helpful to show whether or not you have a dial-tone, > > etc. In addition, if the modem has a digital display, it can give > > more informative information or error codes. > > > > > A good internal one is just as good, and a tad cheaper, than an > > > external one. > > > > The difficulty with internal modems is finding the "good" to go with > > it :-). With external modems, you *know* immediately that it isn't a > > winmodem. > > > > Another point to consider, an internal modem takes up an extra ISA/PCI > > slot in your machine. An external one only uses a serial port, which > > are not commonly used anymore anyways. (well, I've mainly only seen modems, > > old mice, and old printers that used the serial port. Most people > > don't have a Lucent phone switch in their house to get SMDR logging > > from, and an org. large enough to have their own can spare some extra > > serial ports :-)) > > I've potentially got three devices that could all use the serial port .. > palm sync, IR sensor for remote control and the modem. That's another > problem I hadn't thought of... > > > > > > Either style modem is fine, as long as it works. > > This is true. Consensus on this thread so far seems to suggest that the > external USR modems are of good quality. Unfortunately, these are not > quite so common as other brands here in .au, and the ones I've seen are > hellishly expensive and/or come with unneeded features such as a built > in digital answering machine. There is however a Mitsubishi external > that's advertised as supporting Linux, anyone tried it? (The other > brands advertised commonly are D-Link,Swann,Netcomm and the like) > > - Chris > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
