[GRLUG] Linux Compatible Voice Modem

[Michael Mol]

Depends on the device. What's the output of 'lspci'?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Team Xlink
<teamxlinksolitudedev at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've only gotten one of my modems to work in Linux, but I might have been
> doing it wrong.
> Where can I find more information on how to use the winmodem drivers?
> Thank you.
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Team Xlink
>> <teamxlinksolitudedev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm looking a Linux compatible voice modem. I plan to use it for a
>> > dial-in
>> > server in Linux.
>> > The problem is most PCI modems are limited to windows only.
>> > Does anyone know of a particular modem with Linux drivers?
>> > Thank you.
>>
>> Most "winmodems" have drivers available for Linux. I think they're
>> even standardized, I just can't remember the name of the standard.
>>
>> Winmodems are just modems that do all the complicated signal
>> processing in software. There exist daemons on Linux which will handle
>> this.
>>
>> If you want something that's not a winmodem, then what you're looking
>> for is a serial modem; I wouldn't trust an old 'hardware' modem PCI
>> device.
>>

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