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Newer page: version 9 Last edited on Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:16:31 pm by zcat(1) Revert
Older page: version 7 Last edited on Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:58:54 pm by CraigBox Revert
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 WinModem - Modem, usually PCI, which relies on the host computer for it's processing power. Most often these modems only work in Windows with the modem drivers. However increasingly there are more drivers available for Linux, so these modems get affectionately called "LinModems". Beware tho, not many modems are fully supported under Linux. Intel now has such a chip ([DSE] sells modems based on these) and because they have both windows and linux drivers Intel calls them HaM[1] - Host-Accelerated Modem. Another example is the mwave winmodem in IBM thinkpads - IBM has released a GPL linux driver, which is now in the main kernel. 
  
 By far the most common [WinModem]s (at least in New Zealand) are ones based on Conexant chipsets. For a long time there was no way at all to get any of these to work in Linux. At some point after I (SamJansen) needed Conexant modem support for Linux they released Linux drivers. The first place to stop if you have a WinModem is probably: [http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/]. 
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+If you want to get a new modem for a linux machine, and you're faced with a WinModem or an expensive external serial modem, then try to get one with a Lucent or Agere compatable chipset. I just installed a Lectron I56LVP/F4 ($32 at this point - May 2004) in a machine, and it runs fine with the ltmodem drivers (http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/). Try the binary package first, but the ones for FC1 wouldn't work at all for me. Get the source package and follow the instructions, there's a couple of scripts you can run which basically automate the whole installation  
  
 See Also http://www.linmodems.org/. 
  
  
 [1] I have seen modems branded as HaM around for a long time. In fact, the first ever WinModem I saw was an ISA 33k6 HaM. This was in pentium class machine, and was purchased with the machine. HaM is just the generic term for WinModem. 
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+(HaM is an acronym for "Host assisted Modem." - zcat)