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Article #25Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?
From: Mikel L. Matthews
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 16:02
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 16:02
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I have one running on my linux system and the only problem it has is with the FAX side. The fax software (hyfsa for soemthing like that) get a Phase B error when attempting to connect. David Byrd (byrd@dot.dot.dot) wrote: : In article <310C7B0D.4DEC85F1@mustang.uwo.ca>, Damian Trybus <dtrybus@mustang.uwo.ca> writes: : |> Paul S Secinaro wrote: : |> > : |> > I will probably be buying a US Robotics Sportster 28.8 internal modem : |> > soon (found it on sale for $150 and got a rain check), and I'm : |> > wondering if anyone has had any problems with this device under Linux? : |> > I ask because USR now advertises that this modem has Plug 'n Play : |> > capability, and I've heard that Linux has problems with some PnP : |> > devices like network cards. My gut feeling is that it's probably not : |> > a big deal, but has anyone actually used one of the newer USR's with : |> > Linux? : |> : It can be PnP or not: pull all the jumpers off and it's Pnp. Put them : on and it's jumper configurable. Works great! -- Mikel L. Matthews Matthews Software Consulting 300 E. Peacock Dr Mahomet IL 61853 (217) 586-2753 mikel@prairienet.org mikel@eurysis.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!prairienet.org!mikel From: mikel@prairienet.org (Mikel L. Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.modems Date: 1 Feb 1996 16:02:54 GMT Organization: Prairienet, the East-Central Illinois Free-Net Message-ID: <4eqo7e$n9d@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <4ejbbt$sah@mozz.unh.edu> <310C7B0D.4DEC85F1@mustang.uwo.ca> <4eoosf$3cl@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: firefly.prairienet.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]