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Article #951Re: Modem problems US Robotics
From: nni/fatlilbk
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:31
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:31
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It all depends on your isps chip set to get the best out of your modem,I use lucent because my isp uses lucent,and I always connect at 49,333 99% of the time. "Fantacmet" <fantacmet@ipns.com> wrote in message news:BE7t6.72253$lj4.1897865@news6.giganews.com... > The best advice I can give you is to take the modem back and buy a real > modem. Stay away from garbage modems such as USRobotics, 3com, and > creative. They all make terrible modems. Another brand you should not > touch with a 500 foot pole is ANY modem from lucent(LT). Jaton makes good > modems. I recommend the Jaton Modulator V.90. It is Plug and Pray or > Legacy. It has CallerID, Voicemail, speakerphone, and much more. The best > part is you can get it for less then 60 bucks. It has worked on everything > I have tried it on. Linux, win.3.x win9x win2k, winNT, sun, And so much > more. It is an ISA modem though so make sure you have an ISA slot open. > > -- > Fantacmet@ipns.com > Fantacmet@yahoo.com > Fantacmet.tripod.com/main > > If ignorance is bliss then why aren't more people happy? > > clemm <clemm17@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:XbRm6.2464$Uw3.189215@news.uswest.net... > > I just upgraded to a US Robotics 56k int fax modem. This was supposed to > be > > my last hurdle in builing a Linux compatable machine. > > I bought mandrake 7.2 and it failed to configure the modem during install. > I > > have tried auto drake config with no luck. I manully entered all the > > information and it still doesnt make any attempt to dial out. > > I get 2 errors. Either "Modem busy" > > or "modem not found." I have checked the port entrys many times and even > > tried the other com ports. > > I am sending this on the same modem under windows so I know the modem is > > working. > > can anone tell me how to set this up? > > Thank You. > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,920e80a7ecfb1686 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-20 06:34:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "nni/fatlilbk" <fatlilbk@nni.com> Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux Subject: Re: Modem problems US Robotics Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:31:41 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <tbeqedfqcg0rd6@corp.supernews.com> References: <XbRm6.2464$Uw3.189215@news.uswest.net> <BE7t6.72253$lj4.1897865@news6.giganews.com> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 48