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On Sunday 05 July 2009, Dale wrote: |
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> Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> > Grant wrote: |
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> >> I have good equipment and good methods for connecting to the internet |
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> >> via ethernet, wireless, or cell phone while travelling, and I'm also |
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> >> wondering about dial-up. Does it work well on Gentoo? Should a |
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> >> laptop's internal modem work, or would I be better off buying an |
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> >> external one? Has anyone found dial-up to be a useful method of |
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> >> connection while travelling? |
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> >> |
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> >> - Grant |
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> > |
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> > This is going back a few years, I haven't had any experience recently. |
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> > A lot of modems used to be referred to as Softmodems, those that |
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> > depended hugely on the operating system (very often Windows). Those |
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> > modems were a bitch to get working under linux. We used to have to |
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> > make sure we were buying hardware modems. A lot of internal modems |
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> > were Softmodems and were pretty useless for linux. |
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> > |
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> > As I say, this may be totally out of date now, but it's possible you |
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> > won't get an internal modem working under linux. If this is the case, |
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> > you will have to buy a proper hardware one. |
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> > |
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> > Hope this gives a little bit of info. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > ~Matt |
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> This is very true. Buy a external serial modem, not a USB only one |
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> either. External serial is the only ones I can find that are hardware |
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> based. My modem has a USB port but I use the serial port. If it is |
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> only USB, it could very well be a software modem. Be cautious on that. |
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> Mine is a Actiontec brand. I did have one to fail but it got hit by |
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> lightening big time. It even blew up the telephone box outside. It |
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> didn't let it get through to my computer tho. Otherwise, I have not had |
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> any problems. |
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> If you are unsure, send a link to what you find and maybe we can help |
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> make sure it will work. |
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Many softmodems today have Linux drivers and work straight out of the box. My |
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laptop has a lucent modem and I have had no problems at all with it. Often |
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use it when out and about, or when I want to run a test from a different IP |
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address than my ADSL connection. The only thing is I have to remember to |
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re-emerge it when I compile a new kernel (module-rebuild). |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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