What is the best "Real Modem fof Linux" to buy

[Kumara Jayaweera]

Hi all,
I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on this.
what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial Interface). what
is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to experiment an
answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
Thank you
Have a nice day to everybody!
Mohan

[Mike Burger]

On Fri, March 18, 2005 10:51 pm, Kumara said:
>  Hi all,
>  I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on this.
>  what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial Interface).
>  what
>  is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to experiment an
>  answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
>  Thank you
>  Have a nice day to everybody! 
If you're running an external modem, connected to a real RS-232 serial
port, you probably won't have any problems with any modem.

That being said, I have a USR Courier v.Everything external modem attached
to my system, and it works just fine.
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[Michael A. Peters]

On 03/18/2005 07:51:05 PM, Kumara wrote:
>  Hi all,
>  I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on
>  this.
>  what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial  
>  Interface). 

I use a US Robotics hardware modem on a PCI card.
Well, I don't use it anymore - but I use to. The box it came in had a  
penguin on it and specified it worked with Linux.

Anyway - if an internal modem says it requires Windows, good chance its  
a winmodem - sometimes they work in Linux, often they don't. External  
modems that connect to a real serial port almost always just work with  
Linux.

-- 
Michael A. Peters
http://mpeters.us/

[Kumara Jayaweera]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters(a)mac.com&gt;
To: <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: What is the best "Real Modem fof Linux" to buy



On 03/18/2005 07:51:05 PM, Kumara wrote:
>  Hi all,
>  I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on
>  this.
>  what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial  
>  Interface). 

I use a US Robotics hardware modem on a PCI card.
Well, I don't use it anymore - but I use to. The box it came in had a  
penguin on it and specified it worked with Linux.

Anyway - if an internal modem says it requires Windows, good chance its  
a winmodem - sometimes they work in Linux, often they don't. External  
modems that connect to a real serial port almost always just work with  
Linux.

-- 
Michael A. Peters
http://mpeters.us/

Thank you very much. I'll go for a modem which connects to the serial port
Thanks
Mohan

[Michael Scottaline]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:51:05 +0300
"Kumara" <kumara.jayaweera(a)damad.com&gt; insightfully noted:

K>Hi all,
K>I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on
K>this. what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial
K>Interface). what is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to
K>experiment an answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
==================
I've been using the same USRobotics external modem (ttyS1) for more than
five years and it still works flawlessly.  Never a glitch.  If you're not
going broadband just yet, I don't think you can go wrong with a USR
external modem
Mike

-- 
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years of his life"
--Muhammad Ali

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:09:28 -0500, Michael Scottaline <nbhs2(a)i-2000.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:51:05 +0300
>  "Kumara" <kumara.jayaweera(a)damad.com&gt; insightfully noted:
>  
>  K>Hi all,
>  K>I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on
>  K>this. what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial
>  K>Interface). what is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to
>  K>experiment an answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
>  ==================
>  I've been using the same USRobotics external modem (ttyS1) for more than
>  five years and it still works flawlessly.  Never a glitch.  If you're not
>  going broadband just yet, I don't think you can go wrong with a USR
>  external modem
>  Mike
>   
Make sure your external modem is 56K baud capable, supports V.90 or
V.92, and you'll be  in good shape.

[Kumara Jayaweera]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kam Leo" <kam.leo(a)gmail.com&gt;
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: What is the best "Real Modem fof Linux" to buy


>  On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:09:28 -0500, Michael Scottaline
> <nbhs2(a)i-2000.com&gt; 
wrote:
>  > On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:51:05 +0300
>  > "Kumara" <kumara.jayaweera(a)damad.com&gt; insightfully noted:
>  >
>  > K>Hi all,
>  > K>I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on
>  > K>this. what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial
>  > K>Interface). what is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea 
to
>  > K>experiment an answering machine on it.) How is US
> Robotics?
>  > ==================
>  > I've been using the same USRobotics external modem (ttyS1) for more than
>  > five years and it still works flawlessly.  Never a glitch.  If you're 
not
>  > going broadband just yet, I don't think you can go wrong
> with a USR
>  > external modem
>  > Mike
>  >
>
>  Make sure your external modem is 56K baud capable, supports V.90 or
>  V.92, and you'll be  in good shape.
>
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>
>  Thank you very much for the reply 
Mohan

[Don Russell]

Kumara wrote:
>  Hi all,
>  I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on this.
>  what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial Interface). what
>  is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to experiment an
>  answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics? 
When I used modems I always liked USR external... they were (are?) real 
work horses.

I have a Courier V.Everything, but I only use it for logging incoming 
phone calls now (it has caller id capability)

If you want to use it for an answering machine app, check out the voice 
capability of the modem, and you may want to get an internal modem 
instead of external. (But try to avoid the "winmodems"... some of the 
function is performed in software by the host computer.

Don Russell

[Kumara Jayaweera]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Russell" <fedora(a)drussell.dnsalias.com&gt;
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: What is the best "Real Modem fof Linux" to buy


>  Kumara wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  > I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on 
this.
>  > what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial
> Interface). 
what
>  > is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to
> experiment an
>  > answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
>
>  When I used modems I always liked USR external... they were (are?) real
>  work horses.
>
>  I have a Courier V.Everything, but I only use it for logging incoming
>  phone calls now (it has caller id capability)
>
>  If you want to use it for an answering machine app, check out the voice
>  capability of the modem, and you may want to get an internal modem
>  instead of external. (But try to avoid the "winmodems"... some of the
>  function is performed in software by the host computer.
>
>  Don Russell
>  
Thank you very much for the reply
Mohan

[Justin Zygmont]

just make sure it is a hardware modem, not one of these winmodems if you 
can avoid it.  Any software controlled modem is a bad design anyways. 
I've used vgetty well with both a USR and Aopen model.  If this is for a 
server, one consideration is to choose an exernal just because it can be 
power cycled without rebooting the server.



On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Kumara wrote:

>  Hi all,
>  I am going to buy a modem. before that I appreciate your comments on this.
>  what would be the most suitable modem for FC3? (for serial Interface). what
>  is the brand and model. (Furthermore, I have an idea to experiment an
>  answering machine on it.) How is US Robotics?
>  Thank you
>  Have a nice day to everybody!
>  Mohan
>
>
>