[lug] My folly: Lucent soft modem AMR.

[Todd Ruskell]

I don't know this modem at all, but I would be kind of surprised if the
Lucent modem didn't use the Lucent chipset.  Have you tried the Lucent
modem drivers?  This is one of the better supported softmodem chipsets
under linux.

Todd

David Stepaniak wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Recently I came across such a good deal for an IBM
> ThinkPad R30 that I couldn't resist. I was able to check
> out hardware compatibility before I purchased and everything
> checked out OK, except I wasn't able to nail down the
> modem, which in this case turns out to be a Lucent Technologies
> Soft Modem AMR (probably should be placed in the category
> of `software'). So I am dead in the water as far as this
> `modem' goes.
>
> Presently on the R30 I have a parallel connector, video,
> two USB connectors, but no classic serial connector.
>
> According to linmodems.org, US Robotics makes a USB
> compatible modem (US Robotics 56K V.92 External Faxmodem --
> model USR5686D). Would I be mistaken in thinking
> I can connect this modem via the USB connector and have
> the kernal recognize it when I install Red Hat Linux 7.2?
>
> Alternatively, does anybody have other suggestions that
> would put me on the path of setting up a working modem?
>
> Thank you and regards,
>
> David Stepaniak
>
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