Linux modem needed

Hi
Anybody knows the make of modem supported by SUSE LINUX or give me trace of place which got driver for my external 56K V.92 ZOOM 3090 MINI USB MODEM.
Its driving me nuts this modem buisness.This is my 3rd one i tried.Dont want to give up linux.Please help.

 

I just went to circuit city and bought the only one that said Linux compatable and it worked, it's not a USB though.
Suse Linux is about the only one I havn't used yet but I imagine it's close to the others. Saying that because what I've found so far is that some of the Linux programs are slack on USB support, as far as just loading drivers and setting it up with out help. Are all the modems you've tried USB? Also make sure you have USB support. Then holler, I'm going to go into my Linux modem setup and see what ever it is I'm trying to think of. I had to do something minor before mine worked in Fedora and I can't remember what it was.

 

I have used 2 pci modems and it did not worked same with usb.I just made new 64bits system(asus board and 64bit amd etc) and dont wont to infect it with microsssoft but the modem is bit hard to go without.I cant update my board,graphicks etc drivers. I think the usb support is ok as suse recocnised my mouse and printer.
Thanks for looking .Very appriciated.

 

A pci modem will not work period, there might be a way but only because anything is possible.
Tell me what's happening when you try to sign on. Have you done the "queue modem" command. Where does the modem not work?? Won't dial, can't find, you get on but can't go anywhere?? Let me know where to start.

 

PCI modems might work, but the vast majority of them are WinModems, and those justy don't work under Linux. Your best bet is to locate a serial port external modem and use that.

Or get broadband. Linux likes ethernet.

 

Hello.
If you REALLY want reliable dial-up with linux, then don't get a pci modem, but go ahead and get a true hardware modem.

Mine is a US Robotics brand hardware modem.
Model number is 5686.
It connects to a serial port. It is totally reliable. The external modems are so much better, IMHO.

And, good luck with your configurations!

 

Thanks everybody for intrest in this thread.

Mgstr, when I load Linux and start to configure it with detectnig of my hardware it just show me that modem wasn`t detected and when I try to configure it manualy in YaSt Control Center it still cant find it.Won`t dial ,there isnt even light on my modem showing that got power on. Same with PCI modems cant find them at all.Intresting when I try to connect then I got message that I`m on line and the small icon in the right site corner with connector is there,as I will be connected."queue modem command " Dont know what is it ,so I dont think I done that.

 

The easiest way that I have found to configure the modem is to use the dial-up utitlity called kppp
This can be launched in a terminal by entering the command

kppp&
if that command won't do it, try to become root (temporarily!) with the command
su
(and then enter the root password when prompted). You should then be able to enter the command kppp&

also, the site
http://linmodems.org/

may be of some help to you as a starting point to getting a Winmodem working, but, as far as I can tell, it is much more extra work, compared to simply using a hardware modem.

 

To illustrate a little, here is the help page that is on my ISP's website. Your configuration will of course differ, but, in general, this may be able to shed some light...

http://www.eskimo.com/support/KPPP.html

 

I have a PCI modem that works, even in FreeBSD. Its a USR Performance Pro modem.


It would be more accurate to say a winmodem will not work.

PCI doesn't automatically equate to winmodem.

 

Thanks everybody I will be cheking all your suggestings which will take me a while and I need to go out now.Will let you know as soo as I can.
It may be better for me to get hardware modem as it will be easier to install it in the future.If there is somebody who got makes and models of linux compatable modems then please let me know so I can check prices and availabity for diffrent ones.Thanks again

 

You are right and I knew that, most of us don't know the difference though. By the time I noticed that I had put PCI as opposed to WIN it was to late. Thanks for pointing that out.
Stop the War, I'm thinking that since your not even getting a light that your USB port isn't even working. If your going to try to use the modem that you have then you need to address that first
Follow the Robsters advice above and just get a serial port hardware modem and be done with it.
Mine's a "BEST DATA" V.92 Model#56spx-2/56sx-2