ok ok im sure all of yall have answered about a hundred modem questions but heres another. OK i just switched to linux redhat 8 and this is my first time to use linux but my problem is that i can't get on the internet because i can't configure my modem right i don't even know how to do it. I 've gone to internet configuration but i can't get it to pick up a modem.


PS. This is some kind of intel modem not a winmodem and if my Q sounds stupid sorry because i dont know nething about linux. so please help me!!

I'm going to guess that if you're new to Linux, then you've used this modem in Windows before. If there is any information that you can glean from Device Manager in Windows, such as the Brand, Model, Chipset or Com port of the device, you can use this information to setup the modem in Linux. If it isn't a Winmodem, then you should be able to configure PPP using one of the Com port devices.

Com1 == /dev/ttyS0
Com2 == /dev/ttyS1
Com3 == /dev/ttyS2
Com4 == /dev/ttyS3

If none of these work, chances are you've got some sort of Winmodem... you can then pray for vendor support for your device, or hope that a generic driver works for your modem. The driver will come in the form of a Linux Kernel Module (LKM). I suggest you read the Kernel Module howto if none of the above serial devices work. Good luck!

If the modem is an internal modem, there is a 90% chance that it is a Winmodem (this is not a brand but the fact that it requires software to perform some functions more cheaply), unless you bought it yourself and know otherwise.
If it is an external modem it will probably work just fine since the actual hardware on the modem perform all needed functions and Linux just needs to "use" it as opposed to "make it work".

The command "lspci -vv" should have a lot to say about a PCI internal modem, open a terminal, su to root, and do "lspci -vv > lspci.txt", this will create a text file that you can copy to a floppy, post the part about the modem for us.