I'm moving to a place where there is no DSL. Only land line telephone. I tried to connect via dialup modem with this Dell Inspiron laptop a few years ago, but couldn't get it to work right. Any advice? I know dialup is stone age, antiquated, all that. But it's all I will have.

Rich

It depends on the type of MODEM. Please post the output of the command lspci which will let us know the type of chipset. Since analog MODEMs are all winmodem class these days not all are supported.

Some background information:
http://linmodems.org/
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO...nux-HOWTO.html

If your MODEM is not supported then consider purchasing a USB ZOOM model 3095. I do not know how well it works but it is supported. You might be able to find a used external MODEM which requires a serial port or USB-serial adapter.

There could be other options depending on your location. There could be Pixius or similar service. It is basically wireless. An antenna is mounted on the roof which must be line of sight of the main tower. The output of the receiver is ethernet which connects to a regular router.

Here's the output of lspci

rich@rich-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
rich@rich-laptop:~$

I don't see a MODEM device. What is the model number of your laptop?

Dell Inspiron 1300.
I think it uses a Conexant soft modem driver. I found a download page for the driver, but it .exe.
This reminds me of when I tried it a few years ago. Was a huge hassle and I gave up.

You can try using the scanmodem tool from the first link I posted to verify the chipset.

PS:
A quick search to confirm it is a Conexant device
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Di...Howto/Conexant

Okay. I'll digest what you sent so far and reply after I've followed the instructions. Might be a few days. Thanks so much.

Rich