[TriLUG] just starting out, help

[Vestal, Roy L.]

If you have a WinModem, you can check www.linmodem.org and check and see if
your modem is on the list. If it is, it will tell you what driver to use.
NOTE - 3Com/USR modems are NOT supported at this time. It appears that the
Viking made modems seem to be the easiest to use.

I agree with Mark, if you have a WinModem, spend the $90.00 and get a real
modem, I personally like the 3Com/USR modems.  The internal Sportster at
Stay Online is about $90.00 for TriLUG'ers, the external is about $110.00
for TriLUG'ers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Johnson [mailto:marc_johnson27591 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:07 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] just starting out, help


>have w98 on disk one, plan to burn this disk soon, just say no to bill. 
>have mandrake 8.1 on disk two, good stuff.  still using w98 to access the 
>internet.  using linux, how do i connect, ie tell modem COM 1, to dial an 
>isp.  currently using mindspring. i know phone # to isp, and their DNS ips.

>  they are not helpful at all. they only support x9- and macs.  is there a 
>linux friendly isp, that i should switch too?

Well, first off ... is your modem a real modem or a WinModem? If the latter,

all the brains are in the Windows driver, and no ISP, Linux-friendly or 
otherwise, will be able to help you.

If it is a real modem, though, you should be able to use Mandrake's 
configuration tools to set up your modem; it sounds like you have most, if 
not everything, of what you need.

If you have a WinModem, I would recommend switching to a provider like 
RoadRunner. You get a much faster connection, and when I installed Mandrake 
8.0 on my system, it automatically recognized the ethernet card and I didn't

have to do any configuration at all. It's a little pricier, but you get what

you pay for in this case.

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