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Title: Modem
Post by: Hoay Fern on October 16, 2001, 08:44:45 AM

Hi,

May I know how can i know whether my modem is suitable for E-Smith or not ?

My modem is Actiontec V.90 PCI Modem PM560LKI

last time i purchase this modem and installed in WINNT server , it is auto detected.

when i first installed the E-Smith server and gateway, it seems like doesnt detected my modem.

my questions:

1) How can i installed my modem in E-smith ?
2)How can i check whether did E-Smith detected my modem and installed the driver or not ?
3)I have a CD which is the modem driver, how can i manually installed the driver ?
Please teach me step by step and the command.
4)After installed the modem, how can i test it ?

please assist

thanks

hoay fern

Title: Re: Modem
Post by: Kelvin on October 16, 2001, 10:17:45 AM

Simplest answer - get an external modem.

A lot of new PCI modem are soft-modems (or winmodems). Getting one to work in e-smith can be very difficult (some even impossible) as they are driven by Software (usually windows based). There were some ports of the software by some parties but it is still time consuming to do so.

Again, I suggest you get an external modem.

Kelvin

Title: Re: Modem
Post by: Hoay Fern on October 17, 2001, 09:37:15 AM

hi,

is it mean that only change the modem to external modem ?

is there another ways to install the driver


hoay fern

Title: Re: Modem
Post by: Kelvin on October 17, 2001, 12:40:43 PM

I repeat - I suggest you use an external modem.

Without knowing what sort of PCI modem you actually have, I really cannot tell you if it will be easy to install or not. However, if your modem is in fact a Softmodem or Winmodem and you are really keen to try and make it work in ESSG, then check out the following web site :-

http://linmodems.org/

Regards,

Kelvin