Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-12-01 Thread csj
On 1. December 2003 at 5:22AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:15:16 -0800, > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Eric Dickner wrote: > > > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PC

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 05:22:28AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Just get an external serial modem. Those Just Work in any OS without > > any difficulty, period. > > ...and before getting an USB modem, make sure it is > _NOT!_ another damn usb-wire

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:15:16 -0800, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Eric Dickner wrote: > > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Eric Dickner wrote: > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an Intel > Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did detect. I went > on to try and configure PPP as best

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:54:38 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > I second that. Even at a higher price where I live, I consider the money > well spent on my US Robotics external modem. It is immediately found all > the time. > The hassle of getting winmodems to work just ain't worth it. > Just

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Paul Morgan wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:17:41 -0500, Eric Dickner wrote: This is not meant as a smartass answer, but, as "real" modems are relatively cheap, I would respectfully suggest that you consider getting one instead of using CPU cycles running a winmodem. I second that. Even at a hi

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:17:41 -0500, Eric Dickner wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an Intel > Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did detect. I went > on to try and configure PPP as best I could... > > When I try to use '

Re: Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Eric Dickner wrote: Hello All, I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an Intel Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did detect. I went on to try and configure PPP as best I could... When I try to use 'pon' I get messages about looking for ethernet cards

Modem detection and installation problems

2003-11-30 Thread Eric Dickner
Hello All, I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an Intel Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did detect. I went on to try and configure PPP as best I could... When I try to use 'pon' I get messages about looking for ethernet cards instead of any dia