Modems

i am looking for a good modem that will work with my windows 98 and lunix any sujestions woud help thx

Hmm, check out 3Com or US Robotics. The main thing is to make sure its a real modem, and not a winmodem, because they will only give you headaches as far as linux is concerned.

ive found any of the Aopen modem modems work for both

hi there..
I've got that list of modem (you can use that for windows/linux)

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#Most of external modem can be use for linux modem..but here I've got that list:
-US ROBOTIC model 0839-09,ACTIONTEC model EXT560612-01CW,BEST DATA model 565X,SUPRA EXPRESS model 56E,ZOOM model 3049L,3COM/USR model 5686-03 or model 5605-00,CREATIVE FLASH 56 II model DE 5620,VIKING model RFM56KEXT.
# For internal modem:
-ISA MODEM; CREATIVE ISA model DI 5601,SUPRA EXPRESS ISA model 561 SP,BEST DATA ISA model 565P,VIKING PNP-ONLY model RFM 336INC,3COM/usr ISA model 5687-03,ACTIONTEC model 56010-01.US ROBOTIC model 3CP56010-01(PCI MODEM),ACTIONTEC PCI model PCI56012-01CW(PCI modem),ACTIONTEC PC CARD model MDV9012-01(PCMIA modem),ZOOM model 2975 (PCMIA modem).

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If you wanna easy one... pick external modem ( most of external modem working for linux... but not all of them ..so be wise to pick modem :) otherwise you will get headache..)

I hope this helps..

Cheerss

yeah like sweet_angel says, the external ones are most of the time compatible.. the hardware detection on boot scans the serial ports and stuff... i have a modem blaster external 56k fax, it was great for linux. just make sure the right port addresses are setup if you use kppp, its very simple to do. .

my LT winmodem works with linux but i wouldnt recommend it. I'm just too cheap to spring for a real modem.

I got my dell conexant v.90 56k speaker phone pci modem (winmodem) to work with Linux...so happy about it I just had to share.

thx for your help all