Re: External vs. Internal Modems

[Hal Burgiss <hdb iglou com>]

On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 09:42:58AM -0700, Erik Vesneski wrote:
> Let me get this straight:
> 
> So, if I wanted to have a dial up via PPP I would be better off with an 
> external modem of some type compared to an internal PCI modem.
> 

Yes! Over and above the PCI/winmodem problems, I just plain prefer
externals. 

> If this is the case, do I just go about setting up the modem in RH 6 the 
> same way as if it was an internal modem with pnpisa.conf and such?
> 

Haven't gotten my 6.0 yet :(, not familiar with pnpisa.conf, but this
was unnecessary with earlier versions. There was an RH X app called
modemtool to config modem, but I think all this does is create link
/dev/modem -> /dev/cuaX.

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Hal B
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