Modem for Linux\Windows

[BR7]

OK I found a modem that is Linux compatible from Zoom Model 2920.This way I can start getting online with Ubuntu.The Downside is that it is priced at $78.99 at Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825115010) and I really don't want to pay that much for a dial up modem.I looked up my modem on linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php) and if I understand what I am reading they have to have $20 to download the because that is the fee that Conexant is asking for the right or what ever.If I post my modem information could some one verify if I am right about Conexant (if they have time) because I am very much in the dark when it come to stuff for Linux.And I really don't pay for either modem if I don't have to

[Chewy]

hsf's are standard 10$ modems and plug and play with xp?


guess that's why they call them winmodems

2 or 3 years ago I was buying 15-20$ modems that had linux drivers

[Chewy]

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1230

intel ambient chipset soft modem

[BR7]

OK I have another question.In the select your OS Which version do I pick? SUSE,Red Hat,Red Flag or just the linux one I have Ubuntu 7.04.If I install this it wont mess with my windows internet will it?

[Chewy]

you will have to find an ambient/intel chipset/softmodem first

[BR7]

Oh OK I see what your saying now.
Thanks

EDIT
I found a list of them here (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/modems.html)

[Chewy]

there never was any reason the soft modems wouldn't work with linux even tho they were designed for windows, all they do is pass off most of the work to the central cpu, intel which had the ambient chipset had linux drivers written, other companies just viewed linux as an unwanted stepkid

http://www.modemsite.com/56k/intel.asp

I was a modem geek before getting into dvd's

[BR7]

Thank you for the link it was very helpful :)

[anonymez]

Winmodem support in Linux is poor at best, possibly because as Chewy said, they're Winmodems afterall, and because updates/software is (at least initially) so dependent on a fast connection.

The best thing to do is get an external Serial modem or a proper hardware modem, they generally work "out of the box". Or if you have another PC running Windows, sharing the connection should do the trick.