[CentOS] PCI modems

At Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:37:18 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:05:49 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm currently searching for a PCI modem that will be used to receive faxes. I've tried out a few modems but they all use conexant chipsets, which need out-of-tree kernel drivers and currently doesn't work here (kernel oops when the installation script modprobes the driver).
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a PCI modem that works out of the box with in-tree kernel drivers?
> > 
> > Does it *have* to be a PCI (internal) modem?  Except for a few *very
> > expensive* ones (3Com/US Robotics *used* to make one I think), they are
> > all 'controllerless' modems (aka 'winmodems'). Controllerless modems
> > are poorly support under Linux, and there is little or no motivation
> > for the kernel developers to bother supporting them.  It might actually
> > be easier to get an old ISA modem card (off eBay), except modern
> > computers don't have ISA busses anymore :-).
> > 
> > It would actually be cheaper (and far easier) to get an *external*
> > RS232 modem.  At worst you'll need a serial port card (Lava's PCI
> > serial port cards are quite  well supported).  In effect the
> > combination of a Lava PCI serial port card and a RS232 modem would be a
> > PCI modem, although the 'modem' itself would be external. 
> > 
> 
> Hi
> 
> It doesn't need to be a PCI modem, but I would prefer one because everything can be nicely tucked away than and it's less wiring. But if only oldskool external serial modems do the job I'll use that then. 
> 
> Just to confirm, something like this one: http://www.usr-emea.com/products/p-dialup-product.asp?prod=hom-5631a&loc=bene will just work out of the box?

Yes it will.  I downloaded the PDF and the magic incantation 'RS-232'
was there.

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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Glenn
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