USB (*gasp*) modem?
James A. Kuzdrall
gnhlug at intrel.com
Fri May 11 07:10:41 EDT 2012
Greetings Ken,
On Friday 11 May 2012 02:26:26 Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Hey, all. I find myself likely entering the land of dialup for roughly
> 1.5 weeks. DSL could be acquired, but for astronomical prices. So!
> I'm going with my laptop, so USB is the way to fly. Suggestions on a
> modem? Or do I just bring *two* laptops: an older one with built-in
> modem, to act as de-facto router, and my current one? I'd prefer the
> former -- less to go wrong -- but if getting a USB modem to work under
> Linux is a problem akin to the old WinModem issues, I'm willing to go
> with the latter.
I hope you enjoy the relaxed and peaceful world of dialup. The best modem
I have found is the 56Kbaud US Robotics part number USR5637. It plugs into a
USB port and comes up as /dev/ttyACM0 on my system. It even lists "Linux
2.4.20 kernel or higher" in the requirements.
The price has been about $50 for the 3 I bought between 2008 and 2011.
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those animated commercials anyway.
Jim Kuzdrall
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