alt.os.linux - Anyone got their Netodragon (formerly motorola) 56K Internal PCI Modem to work ?

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Anyone got their Netodragon (formerly motorola) 56K Internal PCI Modem to work ?

Ethan

2002-10-01, 11:29 am

Hi,

Anyone out there got their Netodragon 56K PCI Internal modem to work under
Linux ?

To my knowledge, motorola stopped their soft modem support ... wonder why
....

Neway the details are, Vendor ID: 10B9, Device ID: 5459 .... if anyone can
help it will mean a great deal .. thanx

AthlonRob

2002-10-01, 12:29 pm

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:51:18 +0800, Ethan <ets83@hehe.com> wrote:
> Anyone out there got their Netodragon 56K PCI Internal modem to work under
> Linux ?
>
> To my knowledge, motorola stopped their soft modem support ... wonder why
> ...

Is that an SM56 chip, by any chance?

If so, I have some help for you. What you need to do is you need to
open up the computer, pull the card out, take it outside and then stand
it up.

Now find the firearm of choice (a .270 works nicely, but a .22 will due
just fine), take aim, and fire. Fire until there is no chance of there
being any salvagable parts on the card.

Now dig a 6' deep hole and pick up all the pieces you can find of the
card. Encase each piece in some sort of material (plastic baggies work
well) seperately. Bury them, each piece at least 3" away from another
piece. You see; we do not want the body re-assembling and coming back
to life from the grave!

Now go to your local computer components store and buy a *real* modem.
Not a Winmodem. A *real* modem. External modems are good. This is, of
course, only if broadband is unavailable in your area.

Now install the new modem and be happy the SM56 is buried 6' deep.
Hopefully it will never return again!

I had an SM56 once. It was evil. It didn't ever want to hang up the
phone after I told it to disconnect, nor did it want to let me download
at more than 3K/sec. And this was in Windoze, where the drivers were
written for.

AthlonRob

2002-10-01, 1:29 pm

ERA

2002-10-02, 12:51 pm

Ethan, ets83@hehe.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anyone out there got their Netodragon 56K PCI Internal modem to work
> under Linux ?

Here we go again ...

You've asked a FAQ so I'm posting a "pre-recorded" message. It's only
fair. :-) Your post is either about "what modem do I use?" or about
the notorious "winmodems" aka "losemodems".

If you need a new modem or are pulling out hair trying to get that
"losemodem" working try MultiTech's MT56* line of modems:

http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/MultiModemZDX/
http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/M...mpatibility.asp
http://www.multitech.com/NEWS/MultiModemZDX/Reviews.asp

We've had great success with these at our clients that use *nix and
OS/2 systems. You can find these at several online stores as well as
your local computer resellers. These are a mid-range price at a
little over $100. FYI, "low end" modems are usually under $100 and
"high end" modems are usually over $200.

More information about modems can be found in the modem section of
"The Unix Hardware Buyer HOWTO" at tldp.org:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-Hard...WTO/modems.html

Read it, especially parts 7.3 and 7.4. Then go and start reading here
for a gritty and humorous treatise of internal vs external modems:

http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#internalmodem

For information on many modems pre-tested with Linux see this:

http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html

Note that the above site *does not* just cover "losemodems". Many
real modems appear in the "Big List" there. Real, external modems
will work pretty much anywhere a modem is needed.

If you *insist* on using a "losemodem" then see this site:

http://www.linmodems.org/

May the PC gods have mercy on you.

Gene <gene@eracc.hypermart.net>
SCO Group Authorized Partner - OpenServer, UnixWare & SCO Linux
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