[Techtalk] non-winmodem PC cards

Wendy Galovich wendy at scottishmusician.com
Mon Nov 26 19:09:11 EST 2001


Actiontec now makes a controller-based PC card modem.. I saw them in a local 
electronics store just yesterday, so they are currently available.

Wendy

On Sunday 25 November 2001 20:56, Terri Oda wrote:
> > I need a PC card modem for my laptop that is running Mandrake 8. Luckily,
> > it recognizes the internal ethernet card, but, obviously, doesn't
> > recognize the modem, and from the research I've done, my modem isn't on
> > the list of modems that linmodem works with.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good PC card modem (or combo card, if necessary)
> > that has regular modem circuitry? Red Hat's hardware list was unhelpful,
> > and I know that recently some manufacturers (like Linksys) have moved
> > their PC card modems to winmodems.
>
> You've probably long found a good card, but on the off chance someone else
> here's looking, I've had great luck with a linksys etherfast 10/100 + 56k
> modem.  It even says it supports Linux on the back of the box. :)  It's
> been greally grat for me.  Don't know if they still make them, though -- I
> got it quite a while ago.
>
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