On Monday 17 Jan 2005 16:14, Antonio Olivares wrote: > --- thebearwitchproject > > <thebearwitchproject@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Tony Dietrich <td@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 16:20, RoboticGolem wrote: > > > > > > Check the documentation for your modem ... most > > > > ADSL > > > > > modems run a stripped > > > down version of a web-browser that you can connect > > > to when the modem is > > > plugged into the host machine. This interface > > > allows you to setup the modem > > > with the neccessary setting to connect to your > > > > ISP. > > > > > The real problem after > > > that is finding out the right settings! > > > However, you mention that you have a Windows > > > > system > > > > > still .. so cheat! > > > The modem should retain the connection settings > > > > even > > > > > after a power-off, so > > > connect it to your Windows machine, run the disk > > > your ISP supplied, then plug > > > the modem into your Linux machine. > > > Linux *should* see the modem. Demon Internet in > > > > the > > > > > UK supply a similar > > > modem, and their tech dept. *claim* that it is > > > compatible with Linux, > > > although I needed a multi-port ethernet modem, so > > > chose the self-install > > > route. > > > -- > > > Tony Dietrich > > > > Unfortunately no documentation came with my modem. I > > got it with AOL, when I went to their broadband > > service, I stayed for a year and migrated to Central > > Point. The drivers running it in Windows came from > > BTs > > own website. > > why don't you use scanModem utility from > linmodems.org? Go to linmodems.org and download > scanModem.gz. After you download it take it to your > linux partition and > # gunzip scanModem.gz > # chmod +x scanModem > # ./scanModem > Some files will be generated and you will be told if > the modem is supported under Linux. If that is hard > to do please do as root user > # lspci > if it does not work su - root > # lspci > and send it to the list. > > Thanks, > > Antonio > Antonio This guy has a USB ADSL modem, not a PCI internal Winmodem. -- Tony Dietrich ------------- And miles to go before I sleep. -- Robert Frost
