[freegeek-startup] Modems

[Sean Artman]

Well, I had a look through my Box O' Winmodems and there are quite a
few with lucent, agere or pctel chips on them. I found the ltmodem
drivers, I'm sure I can find the others... my modem situation doesn't
look so bad after all.

Thanks!
Sean

On 11/5/06, Michael Westwind <earthworm at freegeek.org> wrote:
> In Portland, we use lucent (aka agere) and pctel winmodems.  The drivers
> work fine in the ubuntu boxes we give out.  I believe the lucent driver
> is built in and the pctel driver had to be added but I will have to make
> sure of that.
>
> Michael
>
> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 15:38 -0600, Draco wrote:
> > Sean Artman wrote:
> > > I'm getting ready to start selling my cheap GNU/Linux rebuilds
> > > locally... any thoughts on my options when it comes to people who need
> > > a modem? I live in a rural area, and not everyone has access to (or
> > > can afford) a DSL or cable hookup.
> > >
> > > Linux-compatible modems, even external ones, seem pretty expensive. It
> > > doesn't make sense to double (or more) the cost of these rebuilt
> > > systems just to add a modem. I did find a couple places that sell the
> > > Best Data 56SX92 external modem for a pretty good price, but only if I
> > > buy a bunch of them at once. And I'd rather use internal modems if
> > > possible.
> > Hi,
> >     First let me introduce myself... everyone calls me Draco.  I live in
> > Amarillo, Texas and I am considering starting up a Freegeek here,
> > however I have not decided yet.
> >
> > It may be possible to use a cheap winmodem with Linux.  Take a look at
> > these pages.
> >
> > http://linmodems.org/
> > http://walbran.org/sean/linux/linmodem-howto.html
> >
> > Draco
> >
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