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Mick wrote: |
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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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>>> 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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>>> As I say, this may be totally out of date now, but it's possible you |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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>>> Hope this gives a little bit of info. |
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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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You are the first person I have heard that it works for. If the OP can |
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get what is built in to work, then that may be a good option. If not, |
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he may as well buy a modem that he knows will work. External serial |
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works every time. No special drivers to keep up with either. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |