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i need a linux modem

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Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
Yeah, thats pretty much it, i need a modem that will work with linux mandrake or Lycoris.  I want to go online with either OS.  Trouble is i cannot find anybody who sells a modem that is compatible with nix.

I go to sites and they include poor descriptions or just say "compatible" or as for most of them its for windows.
I know about internals and i don't buy them anyway, i have got myself an external (3 years old)but it is unsupported by any of the distros that i know of.  That btw is a creative modem, i've been to their site and they just do ms drivers.

Since most of you guys run nix i suppose you could tell me first hand.

Pantso:
Any external serial modem would do the job but if I were you I'd get me a US Robotics one.

Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
are they well supported?

Pantso:
I had a USR 56K serial one and it worked great. However you could always do a Google search and see what you'll come up with OR visit the distributors webpage and look it up in their supported hardware database  

DC:
AFAIK any modem will work with Linux (software modems aren't modems). External modems are almost always 'true' modems. Some internals are, too.

There isn't really any support for modems in Linux, as in there aren't drivers. Not that you need it - all you need (afaik) is a kernel with PPP and serial port support compiled in (which is pretty damn standard and not even hard to do yourself). All additional programs (like dialers) you might need need are standard in every distro.

If you have the kernel, you could just write the approprate strings to /dev/modem (or the serial port) and you'd be on. Since that is a very sick way to connect, ppl have made easy-to-use dialers (like kppp) to automate this, making it as easy as any windows (well, easier - you don't need to install drivers. I still don't know why windows needs modem drivers btw).

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