[kochi_hw_club] Re: Modem based on Conexant chipset ?
- From: "Zaheer Mohamed Kozhakkaniyil" <zaheermk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kochi_hw_club@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:14:02 -0500
Hello Bobby,
I don't know what I should do with my existing modem, which Suse 9.0
detected as Smartlink PCI562, which Smartlink claims to be supported in
Linuxand also for which they drivers in their website. My dealer said the
modem is of Intex brand. I downloaded different versions of drivers
'smlinkmodem' 2.7.10, 2.7.14 etc. from www.smlink.com[1] and
www.linmodems.org[2] and tried installing them under Slackware 9.0, Suse 9.0
and Fedora 1. Everything went fine and on reboot the modem was correctly
detected as Smartlink AMRMO modem. But in all distros, the modem after
dialling the no., it goes into a never ending 'modem initialization' phase.
And a peculiar thing, after I close 'Kppp' after this never ending 'modem
initialization' phase, the keyboard doesn't work, following which I have to
reboot, if I want to use the keyboard. This happens in all the distros under
all accounts.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobby P Rajan
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:20:28 +0530
To: kochi_hw_club@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [kochi_hw_club] Re: Modem based on Conexant chipset ?
>On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 17:15, Zaheer Mohamed Kozhakkaniyil wrote:
>
>>. If possible, could you name a modem which has the
>>exact chipset as your modem, which works on all distros well.
>
>hi
>
>i use a Dlink DFM-560-E modem here. works fine with windows and linux.
>it has a rockwell chipset. struck by lightning twice and got the
>miniature relay fried each time. first time i replaced the relay 2'nd
>time didn't bother. still going strong :-) unfortunately this modem is
>not sold by dlink any more. if you have this modem i have found adding
>"+MS=56,1,300,38000" gives stable and fast connects
>
>it's cousin brother DFM-56 0-ES is available in market in two variants,
>usb and serial. this is an altogether different modem which uses a
>different connexant chipset. i suggest u stay away from this particular
>modem as it is very sensitive to line noise. if you are having trouble
>with this modem, add "+MS=V34" to the init string u use which forces it
>to negotiate only V.34 connection.
>
>
>i also strongly discourage anybody going for an internal modem using the
>motorola sm56 chip, particularly those who use linux. the binary driver
>supplied by motorola works only upto 2.4.5 kernel. this modem, like any
>other internal modem is a pain to setup and is very prone to line noise.
>
>my cousin has a multitech modem and it works with windows and linux and
>works perfectly, but it is a costly modem. same goes for us.robotics.
>
>would love to hear your experiences with modems
>
>regards
>
>bobby
>
>
>
Zaheer Mohamed Kozhakkaniyil
zaheermk@xxxxxxxxx
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