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I have a "winmodem" at the moment, and as many know, they are difficult
if not (well, for me at least) impossible to make work with Linux.  Of
the modems that work well with Linux, which ones are the best to
purchase?  

One note, the modem must work well under both Win98SE and Linux (2.2.14)
since I dual boot.

Thanks!
Rich

I have a 3Com USRobotics 56K voice/fax modem and it works without fault under both OS. Under linux it uses the generic modem driver so perhaps if a specific driver could be obtained it might perform better.

Jimbob
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If it is a real modem no driver is required. What is a
"generic modem driver" under linux ?
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Bob Martin

There is no generic modem driver.  All real modems use the serial driver
just like any serial port (or serial_cs for pcmcia).  The only difference
might be speed setting and whatever initialization string (if any) it
might need in a chat script.  My SupraExpress 56K external works with
Linux, FreeBSD and any Windows with defaults (no init string).

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I have a 3Com/USR model 3CP2976  (internal PCI) and it works fine.  It came
with MS-Windows drivers and under Linux you just use the serial driver.
Use the "setserial" command to configure it.

JRT