[TriLUG] Anyone Recommend a Ubuntu Compatible Modem?

[Neil L. Little]

US Robotics
I did a bunch of research on compatible modems and bought a US Robotics 
modem when I built my "billy_bob" system.
I was still using dialup then.

It was only a year ago that DSL was made available by the telco and it 
seems like a life time!

Oh by the way, if you wonder why not cable? When I was looking for a 
house my response was that
if I can get cable I am WAY too close to town!
I digress....er...
Billy_Bob is a dual boot XP/FC4 system. I was able to use the modem 
without installing any drivers. No problems there.

I had a site bookmarked what had a detailed matrix of  linux compatible 
modems but that link is dead now. It's getting a little
harder to find this information.

I did find these links though:
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/PCImodems.html
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialHardware.html#MODEM


Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm setting up a Ubuntu Gutsy system for a relative who only has dialup.
> Does anyone know of a USB or PCI modem that works well out of the box?
>
> I'd like to make the machine as simple, easy to use, and maintenance 
> free as possible, so I'd like to avoid providing an external serial 
> modem.  The person who this is for is extremely non-geeky.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Scott C.
>