[UCLA-LUG] Modem

[Erik Hovland]

> Thanks for the recomendations about the sound board,
> What about the modems?
> Anyone have any good experience with these?
> I'm trying to find 56Kbps modem that will work with linux.
> I know that i need hardware modem (and not one of these softmodems), but i
> would appreciate if anyone would give me any hints about the brands and/or
> models that work well.

Stay away from PCI modems. They are not yet supported. My experience is
limited to external only. Modems I have bought and used w/ linux:
USR sportster
USR courier
Zyxel omni.net (ISDN)

The previous suggestion for zoom is good. There is some rumors that some
modems handle noisy lines better then others. I know that the courier I
used was very consistant (44kbps almost always). But it comes at a price
premium. Some people say that telebit and zoom are also good in this vein.
But frankly I think it is all magic and just about any non-winmodem from
a reputable dealer will get you consistant throughput.

Market leader is definitely USR/3com.

E

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Erik Hovland
USC Linux User Group President
http://sclug.usc.edu/~ehovland/