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Hello i was wondering waht modems are compatible with linux (red hat9 or mandrake 9.1) before i go out and spend money on a dial up modem also should i get a software modem or a hardware modem (if i can find a hardware modem these days) what kind of modem do you use + are the drivers built in? sorry lots of questions well my brain is fried thanks for reading this post
P.S. unfortunatly dsl or cable modems are out of the question for now?
You can get an externel cable modem/router like one from Linksys. It can be configured though your web browser. A guy I use to work with has one. I went over to help him set up his network and played around with it a little.
get an external modem. I think almost all external modems work with linux.
These modems have something to do with the AT commandset. And almost all external modems support it. And Linux supports them too. So you will be better off buying an external modem.
Once you hook up your modem into a serial port you can use kppp and set it up.
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External modems as a rule plug into a serial port. Then they (at least U.S. Robotics but afaik all the rest too) have the standard AT (attention) command set, which is sending just strings at the modem's serial port beginning with AT. That's technology so old, even Linux has it .
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