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PCTel HSP 56 Micromodem
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4 27559 12-13-2007
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75% of reviewers $15.00 6.5



Description: This is a hardware/software modem. It uses the PCI interface and will show up easily in any lspci queue.

Support for the card is present up to the 2.4 kernel and possibly the 2.5 kernel, but breaks in 2.6. Otherwise, with the driver provided, it can run very easily under kernel modules.
Keywords: PCTel PTSerial HSP 56 Micromodem PCI
/sbin/lspci output: 00:09.0 Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 01)
Chipset: PCTel
Connection Type: PCI


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Old 07-03-2005, 11:00 AM   #1
thandermax
 
Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: OpenSUSE 10.3 , 11.2 , Solaris 10, Ubuntu 9.10
Posts: 84

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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): $15.00 | Rating: 1

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.9-1.667smp
Distribution: Fedora Cora 3 (32 bit)



Works only for 2.4 ver Kernel , Need to implement driver for 2.6 ver kernel as the driver provided is the OLD MODULE FORMAT (i.e. ".o" file)

can only be used for 2.4 ver kernel. I Had to buy ANOTHER MODEM.

Read related problem solved by another member in 2.6 VERSION KERNEL ! (actually in 2.6.8 version kernel) check it out at

www.newtnotes.com/index.php?itemid=117&catid=3
 
Old 01-28-2006, 08:38 PM   #2
helmut_hed
 
Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Kubuntu Hardy
Posts: 103

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.13
Distribution: Suse 10.0


Just wanted to update the previous review - after it was written, drivers became available for 2.6 kernels. You can find them here:

http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/welcome.html

This modem works fine for me, and there are many used ones available now (manufacturer no longer exists).
 
Old 03-13-2006, 08:06 PM   #3
burntfuse
 
Registered: Sep 2005
Distribution: Slackware 10.1, FC5
Posts: 164

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.29
Distribution: Slackware 10.1


If you must buy a winmodem, buy this one. It works perfectly for me with the drivers the last reviewer pointed out. Haven't had any problems with it yet...
 
Old 12-13-2007, 12:26 PM   #4
BiafraRepublic
 
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: Slackware 12.0
Posts: 6

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.21.5-thunderball-1
Distribution: Slackware 12.0


Works on this platform as well, all I need to do is copy/paste an init string or 2 to get above 9600bps

NOTE: To enable on-boot access after running ./setup on Slack 12, do the following as root:

Quote:
# modprobe linmodem
# modprobe pctel
# modprobe pctel_hw
# depmod
It will not only work out of box, but should run on reboot.
 




  



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