[NTLUG:Discuss] Modrem

[Terry]

On 4/21/05, Tom Hayden <tom.hayden.iii at mail.airmail.net> wrote:
> I recently downloaded Debain and installed it on my computer. I am
> trying to get it to work with my US Robotics 5610B modem. The modem is
> on the PCI bus and has a controller in it. I have tried using pppconfig,
> but it does not seem to be able to find the modem. Does any one have any
> suggestions. Also, once I get the modem configured/installed, how do I
> get it to dial out?
> --

Are you sure it's a hardware modem?   Just looking at the website
shown below, and there is information about "drivers" to download for
it.  (Only software modems need driver software.)

There is, however information pertaining to Linux at the bottom of the page:

From:  http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=5610b

"U.S. Robotics Corporation is pleased to provide the following Red Hat
Package Manager (.rpm) support file. This RPM package has been tested
under Red Hat Linux 6.0 and higher. It should also work with other
Linux distributions supporting the RPM utility.

Install the RPM file by entering the rpm -i 3ComMdm-1.0-1.i386.rpm
command at the command prompt.

This file can also be used as a basis to write your own script for
UNIX/LINUX hybrids. If you make your own scripts for a hybrid, it
would be appreciated if you could send this script to U.S. Robotics so
that we may post it so that others may benefit as well.