Linux PCMCIA mode

I have an internal HSP56 MR (PC-tel)modem and want to run linux on
this laptop. I have spent lots of time here
http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/display.php and can ot determine
the driver for my modem, in part because I can not specifically tell
anything more about my modem than what is provided because I am
running W2003 server on this laptop (dont ask me why). Can someone
tel me either how to determine more specifcally what modem I have or
what PCMICA modem is good/better/best For a Redhat or Debian based
distro? Thx

On 24 Jan 2004 22:47:21 -0800, Jason <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have an internal HSP56 MR (PC-tel)modem and want to run linux on
> this laptop. I have spent lots of time here
> http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/display.php and can ot determine
> the driver for my modem,

Uh, it is #16 on the list, marked as "working". There is not a driver
for each individual modem on the list. There is a single driver that
works with all PCTel modems that are marked as "working". Well, at
least that's the theory, I don't have a PCTel modem so I can't verify.

If you go to the "unofficial drivers" link at the top level of the site,
you find a link to pctel-0.9.7-9.tar.gz, which is the driver you seek:

<http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/>


> Can someone tel me either how to determine more specifcally what modem
> I have or what PCMICA modem is good/better/best For a Redhat or Debian
> based distro?

The *best* would be a controller-based modem. Those do not need special
drivers and work under any OS. They are back in vogue now because of
the various issues with controllerless modems (such as you need new
drivers for every new release of Windows).


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