[wellylug] newbie installation question

[firstname lastname]

yes it is an external modem and connects to a serial port. i have re 
installed mandrake twice in the hope that it would pick it up. maybe hte dse 
modem is hte easiest way to fix this. the kids are starting to look at me 
like i am stupid for not giving them instant internet access.

>From: Peter Jones <PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz>
>Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>To: "'wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz'" <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>Subject: RE: [wellylug] newbie installation question
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:03:42 +1300
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Jensen [mailto:nickspoon at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 10:56 a.m.
>To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] newbie installation question
>
>
>On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:31:47 +0000, firstname lastname
><post_box_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 1. i have an external modem (US Robotics 56KB message modem) which i do
>not
> > think has been detected durring the mandrake installation. i can not see
>it
> > listed under hardware or peripherals. how can i check that the modem is
> > recognised in mandrake and if it has not been recognised how do i force
> > mandrake to recognise it?
>
>  Hi there - unfortunately getting a 56k modem to be recognised by
>Linux can be quite tricky - the reason being (roughly) that (nearly)
>every company that makes modems creates drivers for it so Windows will
>recognise it, and Windows will then incorporate the drivers into the
>Operating System so the modem is automatically recognised. However,
>there's less money in Linux, so the companies spend much less time
>writing drivers for it.
>  There are various places you can look for drivers for Linux, but my
>advice (the advice I took) is to go back to Dick Smith and get their
>generic 56k internal modem for $29 - it comes with drivers for lots of
>Linux distributions including Mandrake, and it works well and fast.
>  I hope I haven't put you off Linux with this little tirade, I nearly
>got put off it several years ago when I first tried to connect to the
>internet and realised I had to learn what the difference between a
>software and hardware modem was. But persevere, it's good fun, and if
>you get the Dick Smith modem you can bypass all the agonising I had to
>do.
>
>     Nick
>
>Really?? It is an external modem  (big assumption that it's not a USB
>device)
>so serial port attached and should be supported no problems.
>(getting an external is usually recommended as the way around internal
>Winmodem hell)
>
>My own USR 56K external has been picked up by every linux distro I've 
>tried.
>(currently
>is attached to a Mitel SME box)
>
>
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