hello all,

im running Debian Sarge (stable) and im trying to get my conexant hcf modem to dial-up via KPPP but i've had no luck with any of the default drivers. can someone please help me with getting my modem to dial a connection.

thanks for the help, i appreciate it very much

Conexant HCF & HSF modems aren't "true" modems, in the sense that all the tone generation and signal processing is done in software by the drivers, rather than in hardware on the modem board as a traditional modem will do. Therefore you need specialised drivers for the modem.

Conexant don't produce drivers for Linux (I have an HSF modem - I had the same problem as you), but if you check out http://www.linuxant.org you'll find they have created Linux drivers for HCF and HSF modems. The free version limits you to 14.4kbps, but it will let you test whether the drivers will work with your modem. If they do, you'll probably want to get the full drivers - they're not very expensive, only £9 or so ($15).

what's the best internal pci hardware modem for linux as far as compatability and ease of driver installation that are free

thanks for the help

I have a Rockwell HCF DFVS Modem and my distro is FEDORA 1 , i download a driver from linuxant that is match with my kernel and so on , but when i install it the system alert me :
modem is not activated !
what can i do ???
thank you.