It just doesn't work with kernel 2.6 - smp (It does work without smp) Is there a way to set it for smp?

hi,
possibly it don't work with other kernels,the linuxant want to buy the driver for specfic kernels if some one want that.

compile your own kernel for smp based on the source that the crappy linuxant driver requires. Then, you'll have smp and your odem working. If you still have trouble, I'll sell you a 56k external hardware modem at a reasonably price.......;)

If you check on the conexant site, there IS a link to Linuxant, so please don't blame them before checking the Conexant site entirely.

If this will be my machine, I will probably buy the driver. However I read on some other posts that hardware modems only cost $15, so I guess it's not worth it

I did installed the free 14.4 driver, and after I 'successfully' connect to the internet, I can't do nothing on the net.

No bytes are transmitted what so ever

Any suggestions?

I haven't heard of a single guy at LinuxQuestion that has a AC 97 Soft-Link Voice Modem working

Regards

Hi,
If you are having trouble navigating an you see the lights of your modem monitor that are not blinking (no bytes transmitted), it could be you network configuration, you should remove any configured gateways on your Ethernet cards, you can test this by stopping the network service: /etc/init.d/network stop and then connect to the Internet with the modem. It should work.
If it does, it's because you probably have to change your network configuration.

Hope this works !

Yes, virtually no data is transmitted at all

That thing you mention about the network is strange, the machine is not even connected to a network of any kind (it's the only computer in the house)

I do receive a 'starting ethernet service 0' error when booting up the computer though

Why do you think that the ethernet connections have something to do with it?

Regards