[ale] Modem help

[kilroyc at ufl.edu (Chris Kilroy)]

buy an external modem.  you cant get more plug and play than through the serial
port.

i use a USR/3Com 56k external and it is a beauty.

-Chris

Prasanna Subash wrote:

> Hi all,
>     I am buying a new system and would like to buy a  modem. I saw a Lucent
> Chipset Actiontech modem that claims that it can support Linux at
> Microcenter. However its a PCI modem. Can someone tell me whether this modem
> will really work as ppl generally advice me to buy a full hardware ISA modem
> to use with Linux. Wouldnt using a PCI modem( provided Linux supports it )
> be lot faster than using an ISA one ?
>
> Prasanna Subash
> Manhattan Associates, Inc
> Phone: 770 955 5533 x 1047
> psubash at manhattanassociates.com