On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:41:40PM +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > fredex wrote (about modems): > > both external AND serial, NOT USB. > > Um. The USB standards people seem to have provided standardised > interfaces for a lot of things, including external drives and modems. > Not all USB modems bother to implement the CDC ACM standard, but some > do. I understand that those that do implement this standard should work > under Fedora. > > If you have the kernel-doc package installed, read > /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/usb/acm.txt . It says > "Check for ACM compliance before buying." > > Come to that, when I plugged my old (Motorola) mobile phone in, Fedora > automatically created a ttyAMC0 device node for it. > > Having said all that, the last modem I used regularly was a 56K ISA > internal one which wasn't even plug'n'play. It was ideal for Linux. So I > can't recommend USB CDC ACM modems based on personal experience. > > Hope this helps, > > James. James: Thanks for the clarification. The reaosn I suggested SERIAL and not USB is because I know that some USB modems work, some don't, and I personally have/had no idea how to tell without first buying it. So, to avoid giving the OP a bum steer I suggested what should be foolproof (assuming you can find a serial modem in the stores these days). Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------
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