Re: modems

[Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>]

Jackie:

Linux doesn't have com ports. That's a Windows word and it doesn't apply 
on linux. 


On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Jack Heim wrote:

> My info on the issues you bring up is about 2 years old but I think it 
> probably is still correct... Your items 2-4 below depend on your software 
> and not on the modem. For software, I think you want to go with mgetty. You 
> can probably do the things you want to do through mgetty's caller ID 
> feature. You have to have caller ID on your phone line of course.
> 
> I did a little reading before I bought my modem and the prevailing wisdom 
> on the linux newsgroups was to use an external modem. An internal modem is 
> going to add a third com port to your machine. By default, com3 would be on 
> the same IRQ as com1. If you get an external modem, you can connect it to 
> com1 or com2 and avoid that problem.
> 
> A friend of mine has an internal modem in his machine and he got it to work 
> by disabling com2 on the motherboard and forcing the modem to use com2. I 
> don't know how he did that though and he's on spring break now so I can't 
> ask him. I think he did it via the Windows setup program that came with the 
> modem.
> 
> Anyway, I think you'll be able to do what you want through a combination of 
> an external modem and mgetty.
> 
> 
> At 09:27 PM 3/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> >What is a good modem to get that works under linux that can do the following:
> >1. voice/data/fax
> >2. trace the calls coming in if it's on an inside line rather than an
> >outside direct line, i.e you have to dial 9 to get an outside line.
> >3. would allow me to hook my regular phone up to it
> >4. would be able to block callers based on what number they call from.
> >I use both windows and linux, and am on a lan there, but at home, I will
> >have to go back to dialup again. I don't even use the modem in my system
> >right now, but could hook it up for blocking calls if there's no other way
> >but to let them go to voice mail and never answer any calls. *60 doesn't
> >get in to a prompt to do it, and dialing 9*60 doesn't work either.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
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