[mdlug] old machine modem question..

[Jeff Hanson]

The Rosewill model is RNX-56USB and I bought it from Newegg.  It is
assigned device /dev/ttyACM0 on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).

On 5/5/12, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/5/12, Gmail-otakurider <otakurider at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Question
>>
>> Anyone have stuck deep in there brain the setup notes for a ThinkPad T22
>> WinModem setups?  Did some goggling and the links seems to be broke to
>> configure it
>>
>> its a 00.03.1 Serial Controller: Agere System LT Winmodem (Rev 01) on
>> the T22.
>> I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed currently, if I need to use a different OS
>> that is fine as well
>> they only has dial-up.. yes a pain in the a$$ but there are still some
>> out
>> there.
>>
>
> Check the Linmodems site.  They have a script that detects the modem
> and generates reports as to what you need to use it.
>
> I gave up on softmodems as their modules need updating with every
> kernel update.  I bought a Rosewill USB modem for $20 and it works
> great.  The only problem I had with it is that Gnome PPP sets the DTE
> speed to 400K+ and it would only connect at 9600.  Setting Gnome PPP
> to 230K solved the problem.
>