Modem Problem

[NoOp]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:13:39 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
> Staar <michael_staar at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> If I purchased an external modem, would I have to worry about a different driver every time I change distros?
> 
> External serial modems "just work" - they don't rely on software like
> WInmodems, and no modem drivers are required  COM 1 is ttyS0 , COM 2 is
> ttyS1 and so on .
> 
> There are several ways to configure the connection. I am no longer on
> dial-up, but I always had the best results using the "pppconfig" utility.
> To configure the connection you type
> 
> sudo pppconfig
> 
> To connect and disconnect, use the "pon" and "poff" commands respectively.
> 
> You can, of course, make a launcher buttton or icon for the commands. An
> easier ( GUI) way is the KDE "kppp" tool. For some reason the Gnome tools
> seem to produce slow connections, unless this has been fixed in Ubuntu
> 6.10 .
> 
> Peter
> 

Unfortunately internal modems don't. I consider myself to be somewhat
technically competent having worked with networks (wan & lan / HW & SW)
for over 20 years, but I'll be darned if I can get a single dialup modem
working with Ubuntu. I've read the faqs, followed the forums & howtos
until I'm blue in the face, and have yet to get one to work. Ditto for
an internal ethernet port on a Compaq 5670. *All* of the dialup modems
work out-of-the-box with Windows, all work on the same machines via
Windows in a dual boot. They simply *do not work* for me w/Ubuntu.

The latest check of scanModem for one of my machines says that the modem
is supported by someone. But I'd have to back my kernel down to 27 and
recompile the kernel to get it to work... go figure.

You'll find numerous forum threads & discussions regarding dialup modems
& Ubuntu. You'll also find numerous threads right here that tail off
into no answer.  I've given up on DU modems & tell my clients that
unless they have DSL Ubuntu is *not* for them.