3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem . LINUX driver

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i have a DELL Latitude c600 i am looking for a linux driver for the modem this is what lspci -v says : 0000:00:10.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 615b Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at d000 Memory at f3ffd400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Memory at f3ffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2and this is : # dmesg | grep tty SyncLink PC Card driver $Revision: 4.15 $, tty major#253 ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A i already looked up wimodems.org , all the info in there is way outdated thank u very much for ur help :-)

bil13oct · Answer

try the 3-com site for the driver, if they dont have a driver you will have to buy a compatable winmodem . the mandrake site list compatable winmodems. linux likes real modems```.almost any serial external modem will work. hope this helps, bill

Kill_floyd · Answer

@bil13oct wrote:
try the 3-com site for the driver, if they dont have a driver you will have to buy a compatable winmodem . the mandrake site list compatable winmodems. linux likes real modems```.almost any serial external modem will work. hope this helps, bill

OK so RedHat 7 installs, faultless, network card N.P, but the modem and of coarse anything attached to "that daughterboard", isn't recognised nor even seen as for the life of me I can't find the drivers for that before I even "think" about fighting with the PCI Modem inserted into the "thing". I call it "thing" because other than a sting of numbers longer than your average trojan it has nothing printed to identify itself, so "thing" will suffice for now. Oh it has Dell appropriately inpregnated upon it's nearly obsolete body. ///help removestiletto_reborn@hotmail.com

bil13oct · Answer

in the long run, it is better to buy a serial ext. modem if you are are installing linux.if you really want a pci winmodem you will need to get a modem such as a connexant hsf or hcf modem.www.connexant.com will link you to their site where you can get a driver for the modem.the basic driver is free, the 56k,fax, etc. cost $14.00 to download. there are two things to remember when installing linus, any version, chech out the compat list on red hat site, especially printers and modems. aol does not support linux, you will have to get a local isp or netscape  etc. if you go on line.  hope this helps.   bill

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