Once you have a modem (56 Kbps speed is the standard today), the only other equipment you
need is a regular telephone line. Essentially, you can use a dial-up modem anywhere you can connect
to a phone line. Linux contains the tools you need to configure and complete a dial-up connection.
Figure 5-1 shows the setup for the connection.
FIGURE 5-1
Connect a modem to a serial or USB port and dial out over regular phone lines.
One difficulty with using modems in Linux is that many computers with built-in modems (especially
laptops) come with what are referred to as Winmodems. With Winmodems, some of the
processing normally done on the modem is actually implemented within the Windows system.
Winmodems don??™t always look like real modems to Linux systems because, without the code that??™s
inside Windows, they don??™t behave like real modems when they are connected to Linux systems.
Some Winmodems are supported in Linux, and those are sometimes referred to as Linmodems.
If you find that Linux fails to detect your modem, check out the Linmodems Support Page
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(http://linmodems.technion.ac.il) or the LinModems.org page (www.linmodems.org). It
can help you determine if you have a Winmodem and, if so, help you find the right Linmodem
driver (if one is available).
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