External USB US Robotics modem

nerzack · 03-18-2006, 03:23 AM

Hi guys,
I have an Acer Aspire 1620. I run now SUSE 9.3, and I had also tried Mandrake 10.1, Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu. None had identified the internal modem, and that's the point, neither my external US Robotics USB modem (model 5633). US Robotics has a driver for model 5610 in their website. My questions are:
1) Is it possible to find a driver directly? ( I tried google - suggest a better query?)
2) Is it possible to write my own driver? (possibly based on driver for model 5610 - mentioned above)

Thanx in advance

b0nd · 03-18-2006, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerzack

Hi guys,
I have an Acer Aspire 1620. I run now SUSE 9.3, and I had also tried Mandrake 10.1, Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu. None had identified the internal modem, and that's the point, neither my external US Robotics USB modem (model 5633). US Robotics has a driver for model 5610 in their website. My questions are:
1) Is it possible to find a driver directly? ( I tried google - suggest a better query?)
2) Is it possible to write my own driver? (possibly based on driver for model 5610 - mentioned above)

Thanx in advance

the answer to both of your question is YES.

but configuring a USB modem is really-really very frustrating job. 90% of people will advise you to throw that away and bring some Ethernet modem (which gets connected to your NIC card).

configuring internal and USB modems is a frustrating and time taking job. The easiest ones are dial-up and ethernet modems.

And if you have skills to write the device drives then surely you can go ahead to write them youself

regards

marozsas · 03-25-2006, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruudra

90% of people will advise you to throw that away and bring some

90%+1 !
I you do that, buy a cheap external robust serial modem like mine: A Dlink V90 56K modem, model DFM 560EL.

Worked without any driver.

cheers

Cara25 · 03-26-2006, 11:24 PM

I'm running Mandriva 2006 with a 3Com external, serial 56K modem and by use of KPPP, the modem and port were identified correctly and configured to run without any 3rd party drivers. Gnomes dialer does not work for me. Install and run the KPPP dialer before ditching the existing modem.

b0nd · 03-27-2006, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cara25

I'm running Mandriva 2006 with a 3Com external, serial 56K modem and by use of KPPP, the modem and port were identified correctly and configured to run without any 3rd party drivers. Gnomes dialer does not work for me. Install and run the KPPP dialer before ditching the existing modem.

KPPP is for dial-up modems and not for USB or Ethernet modems.

regards