Quote/This will only work for expensive or really dumb products like PS/2 keyboards. A case in point: I'm trying to google for Linux-compatible USB modems (dialup). The only recommendations I could find are for the ultra-expensive USR modems. With one or two exceptions, I couldn't find any Linux-specific mention for the more affordable Asian (specifically Taiwanese) branded modems. The one exception I can remember is for a DLink modem that had a different model number. I don't have the slightest clue if the recommended model is simply a renumbered version of the models available at our local computer shops./Unquote.
The best way to sort modems or anything else out for that matter is find out what chip it is operating on. As far as modems go, anything with a Lucent chip or a Rockwell 56K chip works well. There are plenty of other options. If you want to go into the initial setup/config, the distribution will even tell you which ones it is compatible with. I have an external modem, a very good one that you would probably never have heard of, a Maestro Woomera. No-one would know if it was Linux compatible or not. But it works off a 56K Rockwell chip, and since that is the only aspect of the entire modem that the O.S. interacts with it doesn't matter if the modem is the size of a Sherman tank and wearing a low slung pink dress. No Linux O.S. would even know or care. The only thing it gets cute and cuddly with is the chipset. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
