dialup modem detection problem

[gold]

I have fedora 7. I can't seem to get my modem detected. I have gone through network settings and have wvdial and gnome-ppp installed. Can someone tell me how I can get the modem working on fedora 7?

[PabloTwo]

Hi Gold-

It is highly dependent on what type of modem you have as to whether it will work in Linux or not. Linux, including Fedora, will detect and install basic drivers for most any full hardware modem that is installed. However, most computers that come with dialup modems, or the cheap ones you buy that fit into a pci slot are not of that type, but what are usually referred to as winmodems or controllorless modems, though there is a technical difference between those two types.

Fedora will ignore any such winmodem. There are a few winmodem types that have linux drivers available and can me made to work under linux. Try this:

lspci -v | grep Modem

Be sure to use a Capital M in the word Modem. I have two dialup modems installed on my box, one a conexant chipset winmodem and another a USR/3Com V.90 full hardware modem. The above command on my machine reports both devices, but Linux completely ignores the winmodem. The hardware modem is detected on bootup and works fine without having to install any drivers for it, just a bit of configuring in network-manager sets it up easily.

[paulm@speedie ~]$ lspci  -v | grep Modem
05:06.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
        Subsystem: 3Com Corp, Modem Division USR 56k Internal FAX Modem (Model 5610)
05:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)

So, first step, find out which type of modem you have and check back in here.

Paul

[gold]

One computer I issued the command and nothing showing up. Other computer, I booted into windows and found my modem to be:

Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem

Both computers have the same problem. Linux doesn't recognize my modem. When I installed linux, I don't remeber installing drivers for my modem. Any suggestions?

thanks.

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Edit:

seems like I need to buy this driver for $20: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ https://www.linuxant.com/store/

[gold]

My other computer is gateway:

gateway model mt3705, with dialup modem 56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem

Dell and Gateway don't have supporting linux drivers for these modems.

[PabloTwo]

For that particular device (Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem) I did some google searching. First check out this thread on a Ubuntu forum as it states one guy was able to get a prepackaged .deb driver from Dell for his Dell notebook that uses that particular modem. Check that out here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=215831

From what I read, that appears to be in the "HFS" class of Conexant modems. If you have a Dell, you don't say, (EDIT: oops. You did say) you might get lucky and find an rpm package that will work for you. Another guy downloaded an XP driver for that device and got it to work with ndiswrapper. Also, an lspci listing didn't turn up that device on his Ubuntu install either. Otherwise, the Linuxant.com site:

http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/...ds-license.php

It's been awhile since I visited that site (I've used their drivers in the past) and they have made some big changes there. Now, instead of having to figure out which particular flavor of conexant chipset modem you have, they have you sign an 'agreement' (link to that page above), which then lets you download a program that figures out which modem and Linux distro/version you have and offers up the correct package. And yes, they still offer the "free trial", which locks the modem speed down to 14.4kbs.

Be aware that the Linuxant.com drivers are kernel modules packaged for your specific version of Fedora and your specific kernel version. If you upgrade your kernel, you 'break' the modem driver and have to download a new package that matches your new kernel version. That gets old real quick.

Paul

[PabloTwo]

dialup modem 56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem

That gives me no clue whatsoever as to what type (software, controllerless or hardware) of modem it is. If that is on a machine that runs windows, there is a neat little program for Windows (I think it's called listmodem.exe) that you can use to get more detailed info on what type of modem is installed on your system. Google for it. If 'lspci' didn't find it on the pci bus and Linux didn't see it on bootup, it's an awful good bet it's another winmodem. The listmodem.exe program should at least let you figure which chipset it uses.

Paul