modem
 

SUCCESS!
My first post from Linux. Had to buy a pcmcia modem to get it done
but I am a happy camper! Winxp will soon be history. Now to dl opera.

but how did u got it work?

I wish I could say I wrote a great script or hacked out a driver but MDK9.1
saw the card right away. It is a 3COM, # 3CXM756-US with an X-jack conn
ector. I just plugged it in, used Drakeconnect to set up an account, kppp,and
I was on the net.

and does mandrake support 3cxm356 or 3c556?

Go to www.linux-mandrake.com and check their hardware compatiblity listing, this should answer you 3com 356 ~ 556 quesion.

XP is history! I am now dual booting RedHat9 and MDK9.1 on my toshiba sat laptop.
Both are using the pcmcia modem fine, although the connection speed is slightly
slower than xp with the winmodem. But I guess that's to be expected.

what kind pcmcia modem are using?
Could you post your "lspci"

3COM, # 3CXM756-US with an X-jack connector

I did a re-install when I deleted xp and I am having trouble getting the connection set back up.
I am using RedHat 9 to post this and I am unable to get lspci to run at the moment. I have to go
to work but I WILL get back to you when I have time to work it out.

Tricky_linux here is the lspci. Hope this helps.

lspci
[root@localhost /]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 41)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem (rev 01)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
[root@localhost /]#