linmodems.org). Search for the chip set on your modem from this site. In many cases,
the site can tell you if there is a driver available for your modem.
A nice tool for determining what type of Winmodem you have and how to get it working is
scanModem. If you have access to the Internet from another machine, you can download
scanModem from this address:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz
Because you probably don??™t have a working Internet connection yet, find a way to copy
scanModem.gz to your Linux system (maybe copy it to a flash drive or burn it to a CD). As root
user from a Terminal window, type these commands, with that file in the current directory:
# gunzip scanModem.gz
# chmod 755 scanModem
# ./scanModem
The result is a Modem directory containing text files describing your modem and what you can do
to configure it.
If you are a new Linux user with a Winmodem and you are still baffled after referring to
the linmodems.org site, you might consider getting a serial or USB modem. To get
your Winmodem working, you might need to download, compile, and load a modem driver. Especially
with some older Winmodems, drivers have not all been updated to work with the latest kernels.
Picking up a cheap serial modem (under $20) from a used computer store can save hours of frustration
that may still result in failure.
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