Re: [aclug-L] Modem Setup

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest you start at:  http://www.aclug.org/ispconn/


On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 03:40:00PM -0600, Sanjay Dhar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you guys for all your valuable opinions. I'll definitely keep them
> in mind when I buy a new modem.
> 
> I wanted to know of the other modules which I would need to install which
> would recognize the modem. Is there an equivalent of (excuse me for saying
> this) Hyperterminal in Linux?
> 
> I would appreciate if someone could give me a short list of the steps
> that I need to follow once the modem is physically installed so that Linux
> can recognize it and just dial a number through the modem. Are there any
> Web pointers for helping me set this up?
> 
> Regards,
> Sanjay
> 
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> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I generally reccommend a US Robotics/3COM Sportster modem.  Any US Robotics
> > modem will be good, EXCEPT for the WinModem.  NEVER buy a winmodem.
> > 
> > As for ISPs, to the best of my knowledge, SouthWind is the only one with
> > tech support people that will answer Internet-related Linux questions for
> > dialup accounts.  Linux itself will work with many ISPs, but you may have to
> > figure out how to set it up yourself.
> > 
> > (Disclaimer: I am a sysadmin at SouthWind, in case that may skew what I'm
> > telling you about ISPs.)
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:08:55AM -0600, Sanjay Dhar wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > My Debian 2.0 machine is up and running (finally). I'm now planning to buy
> > > a modem for it. But, I really wasn't sure which modem to buy. Any
> > > comments/suggestions would be welcome. I also wanted to know about the
> > > standard packages which would be needed for dial-up capability. (I know
> > > nothing about dial-up software in Linux) Also, a list of ISPs who support
> > > Linux OS would definitely help.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >       
> > >       SANJAY DHAR
> > >  
> > >       Tel(R)    : (316) 685-4302
> > >       Tel(O)    : (316) 636-8649
> > >       
> > >       sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >       Sanjay.Dhar@xxxxxxxx
> > >       
> > >       http://www.cs.twsu.edu/~sxdhar
> > > 
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