Dr. Rainer Wawarta wrote:
Dear Jacques,
(you can call me Rainer),
Thank you for your letter, I learned a lot.
I sent my scanmodemfile to you one month ago. I needed that
time to learn Linux-commands and many things like vi editor,
and to read and try to understand all the files produced
by scanmodem.
The Elsa modem is nicely connected, as it works with
less advanced commercial software.
I do not understand what you mean here. This modem does not need ANY
software other than the serial driver always delivered with Linux and
not commercial of course.
I tried to use the
Elsa modem with the modem button on the graphic
surface of Ubuntu. If I use wvdial, do I have to do
some additional configuration other than editing
wvdial.conf ?
No
You must run wvdialconf /etc/wvdial,conf , it will find your modem, and
then edit it.
That's all.
Jacques
Thanks a lot
Rainer
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Datum: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:15 +0200
Von: Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx>
An: "Dr. Rainer Wawarta" <Rainer.Wawarta@xxxxxx>
CC: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, rudi@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: take a new modem
Dear Dr. Wawarta
We do not deal with Windows here. This is not the place for your
problems with Windows.
We cannot know which "56k Intel modem" you have, without reading the
file ModemData.txt created by "our scanmodem". There are very many
different modems sold under such a label. This is the reason why
scanModem exists.
Have you seen on your display, while running scanModem, and even better,
reading how to use scanModem before using it, that we ask to SEND US the
file ModemData.txt?
Random fishing for a driver usually leads to failure, be it under Linux
or Windows. If your internal modem is really completely an Intel modem,
there is NO (=ZERO) chance that slmodemd and the Linuxant drivers, made
for other hardware could work for you.
I wonder if you have taken the time to read
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/#scanModem
because it starts with:
"Use scanModem: You can quickly identify PCI modems chipsets"
As far as I know your "serial 33.6k Elsa modem" is an external modem
hooked up to the computer with a cable terminated by a 9 pins
trapezoidal connector on its computer end.
You cannot expect a tool made for PCI (always internal) modems to work
on an external modem, can you?
By the way, this ELSA modem should work with Linux without any special
driver other than the serial driver always included in any Linux
distribution. If the modem does not work, there may be many reasons,
such as :
-you have not configured the connection at all, or badly.
-your modem is broken
-the modem is not powered
-the phone cable is not connected
-the serial port on your new computer is broken
You write
> "Ubuntu
> was able to dial with this modem and
> to connect to the internet for some seconds,
> then connection broke down."
but Ubuntu does not dial. Uuntu offers tools to dial, such as the
network management tool, or wvdial, or possibly gnome-dial or whatever.
But you do not tell which you used.
You probably did not use wvdial, otherwise you would have seen the cause
of the failure.
If you try wvdial, PLEASE first CAREFULLY read
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/wvdial.html
Jacques
Dr. Rainer Wawarta wrote:
Dear MarvS,
in my new Computer (2008) I installed
Ubuntu 7.1 (several times) and tried to use
the 56k Intel modem but slmodemd and Conexant
both failed.
Your program scanModem did not find
a serial 33.6K Elsa modem, but Ubuntu
was able to dial with this modem and
to connect to the internet for some seconds,
then connection broke down.
I installed Windows vista, which was not
evan able to dial with one of the modems.
I installed Windows XP Professional,
which also failed to use the modems.
I installed a modem driver, which
was used in 1994 for Windows 3.1 and
also useful in Windows 95.
The setup broke down, but it installed enough,
to connect to the internet now with 33.6K speed.
My question:
I would like to get a new 56k modem.
external or internal, USB or serial, I dont care.
With which modem I would have best chance to
use it with Ubuntu 7.10 ?
Thanks a lot
Rainer
