SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Modems

Misc:

• Best online modem compatibility list
• Modem HOWTO (LDP)
• Modem notes  With dealers of Linux-compatible modems and some buying and usage hints.
• Linux Help page at Diamond (The only Linux support I've seen from a modem manufacturer. Reward them.)
• Modem Info (great; from Zoom, but supposed to be objective; with "reference" section with AT commands)
• Navas 28800 Modem FAQ
• Glossary of Modem Terms
• 56K/V.90 standard (gen info & upgrade info for Hayes, Practical, & Cardinal modems)
• Leased Line mini-HOWTO How to setup leased line modems.
• Matthew Borowski's Modem Setup page
• Freshmeat: Modem gettys
• PnP Modem info
• V.90 Modem Site (with intro, FAQs, how they work, telco info, etc.; sponsored by modem sellers/manufacturers?)
• V.90/K56flex® Upgrade Central
• Windows Modem Sharing mini-HOWTO  How to setup Windows to use a shared modem on a Linux computer.
• libmodem: "an interface to the modem devices. Allow you to build programs that use modem devices without knowledge about how kernel serial device works." (at sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/libs/)
• Ask Slashdot: Modem Reset Problems
• Ask Slashdot: PCI Modems
• libmodem (FTP dir)  "an interface to the modem devices. Allow you to build programs that use modem devices without knowledge about how kernel serial device works. You have just to dial() and hangup(). Dialout only."

Particular Modem Hardware (not in other categories):

• Modem List  Great list of well-described modems. Says whether it works with Linux. Canonical site.
• K56flex/V.90 Modem Manufactures (list at k56flex.com)
• Ask Slashdot: 56K modems that work with Linux?

• Chase Research, Inc.  Multi-modem PCI cards.
• Moreton Bay  8-modem PCI cards with Linux drivers. [LJ ads]

Specific Subjects:

• Cable Modems:
  • Cable Modem mini-HOWTO   How to use a cable modem with a cable ISP.
  • CableModemInfo.Com  "Cable Modem and Linux Info"
  • GTE's Cable modem (denial of) service "how much it SUCKS"
  • @Home by TCI.NET
  • Guide for Comcast @home network and Red Hat Linux (and Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ PnP Ethernet card)
  • General Instrument SURFboard 1000 Mini-HOWTO (a phone-return system)
  • Road Runner:
    • Road Runner (Time-Warner) Linux help  Some special SW for using this service.
    • Surf's Up Lite  "Java GUI RoadRunner Login Client"; Type-1 protocol.
  • Scientific Atlanta cable modem HOWTO 

  •           I have written a Linux device driver for General Instruments SB1000
              (internal cable modem) aka internal SURFboard.
              It is still a beta release but it has been running smoothly here on
              kernel version 2.0.30 for about a week.
              The source files (together with my ppp configuration to run it and
              a short README file) are in:
              http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/sb1000-1.1.1.tar.gz
              For any info, question, etc, please email me at:
              mailto:fventuri@mediaone.net
              Good luck,
              Franco Venturi
            

  • Ask Slashdot: Assitance w/ Linux and the RoadRunner Cable Service.
  • Ask Slashdot: Surfin' Cablemodems!
• Daild:
  • Diald mini-HOWTO  How to use 'diald' to dial an ISP automatically when an transfer is needed.
  • Dialmon  "a monitor daemon which complements the diald daemon, and allows client programs on other machines to display information about, and optionally control diald"
  • DialMon: The Linux/Windows diald Monitor  Oct'98 LG
• DSL, ADSL, RADSL:
  • ADSL mini-HOWTO (at sunsite)
  • Covad Communications  DSL provider. An alternative to telco.
  • Will RADSL work? (a user's report with instructions)
  • DSL & US West
  • DSL info  Not Linux-specific.
  • Glossary of xDSL terms  Very good. From Covad.
  • UAWG - Universal ADSL Working Group  a consortium of telecommunications service providers (including Covad), PC and network equipment manufacturers, and ADSL equipment manufacturers. Created by Wintel, Compaq, and others.
• Internet Phones: See Communnication
• ISDN:
  • ISDN ???
  • ISDN README - general info on what you need and what to do for Linux ISDN.
  • ISDN INTERFACE - description of Linklevel and Hardwarelevel ISDN interface.
  • README.HiSax - info on the HiSax driver which replaces the old teles.
  • README.audio - info for running audio over ISDN.
  • README.avmb1 - info on driver for AVM-B1 ISDN card
  • README.icn - info on the ICN-ISDN-card and its driver.
  • README.pcbit - info on the PCBIT-D ISDN adapter and driver.
  • README.sc - info on ISDN driver for SpellCaster's DataCommute/BRI and TeleCommute/BRI adapters
  • README.syncppp - info on running Sync PPP over ISDN.
  • syncPPP.FAQ - frequently asked questions about running PPP over ISDN.
  • SpellCaster Telecommunications Co. (ISDN cards)
  • Ask Slashdot: Diamond Netcommander ISDN/EC Support for Linux
  • Ask Slashdot: ISDN and Linux
• Ksermon (KDE modem monitor)
• ktalkd: "an enhanced talk daemon with answering machine" w/wo KDE
• Voice Mail, Answering Machine Emulation:
  • There's a program out there called "voice".

Motorola has (Aug'98) gotten out of the consumer modem market (except "software modems" (winmodems)).

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