On Thursday 14 Jul 2005 19:13, M.Hockings wrote: > Gavin Henry wrote: > >>So unless someone has a good idea how to get the modem in either of > >>these boxes to talk with Linux I'm planning on rebooting the FC3 box > >>into Windows and setting it up there. Less reliable I know but I know > >>it can talk to the modem. > >> > >>Mike > >> > >>BTW, as a reference I saw that a modem like the Intel one sells for $12 > >>with Windows drivers & extra goodies. > > > > Just grab a 3Com U.S Robotics 56K one off of ebay. > > > > If you can't find one. I'll sell you one for $18 (�10~) plus postage, as > > we have around four sitting for the next server we setup for Out-Of-Band > > access. > > Thanks for the offer Gavin, I appreciate it but I expect that this place > would want to buy new. On the bright side I think I may have found a > Trendware external modem in the $40 price range. In any case I have to > put this on hold for a while and attend to some more pressing stuff > right now. No probs. > > Would any of the internal USR modems be OK or just the external serial > versions? Any of these (internal/external) work a treat on Linux: http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/Categories/External_Device_Networking/ Go for a MT5634ZPX-PCI-U @ ~$99 if possible. Gavin. -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry. Managing Director. T +44 (0) 1224 279484 M +44 (0) 7930 323266 F +44 (0) 1224 742001 E ghenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). http://www.suretecsystems.com/
