Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
 

Hi,
I got a trail version driver for the Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem from
Linuxant.com/drivers

For a full version they asked about 20$, but the modem costs only $10 with a Windows driver!!, so can anybody suggest me any other option to get a driver for this modem?.

I am student, and spend a 30$ for a modem is not viable to me.
Thanks

not sure what kernel your running, but, if it's a 2.4.x series, this thread may interest you.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=conexant

good luck.

There are hundreds of drivers available for free, you need to find out the chipset of the modem, and search.

Modem is
01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)

and kernal is 2.4.22-1-2115.nptl
processor is athelon 1800Xp and motherboard is ASUS.

No free modem found for this device, can anybody help me!

You are missing the chipset number internal to the modem, the chipset needs to be known, then trial and error with different drivers written for that chipset, will eventually work.
For example probing my linmodem returns, 8086:2486 Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem : ICH CARD..., (this was only available to me after I determined it was being recognised by the kernel)
Forgive me for this, Under the assumption you are somewhat familiar with commands, You may try # "dmesg | more" or # "dmesg | less". (Do not type the Quotes.) If you use the "less" command, you can escape back to your shell by pressing "q'
Somewhere in the output, you may see reference to your modem, and possibly the chipset numbers.
You may even be lucky enough to read the chipset numbers right off of the modem itself, some dissassembly required. usually the largest chip in the modem is the controller\command interpreter.
What is important here is the "82801CA" and "CAM AC'97". some Drivers written for these will work for my modem, and some will not. with all there are "tweaks" to do.
Windowsxp, 98, can get this info for you, I can not remember the exact place to look, but it took some searching the special settings in device manager.

your modem will report settings/info not the same as mine but close enough to help find info on the net.
when trying drivers, make sure the driver is written for your kernel, headers, and the same glib is used to compile the driver as was used to compile your kernel.

After running scanModem tool from linmodems returs a modemdata.txt.2 that file contained only

01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)

no more information about chipset...

Also dmesg | less or dmesg | mor command does not give any infrmation about modem!