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lanux128:
Tonurics: thanks for the info..

anyway to make matters worse, the company (SmartLink) that my winmodem's chipset is based on has sold off the business to another corporation. the purchasing company is mum on the availability of Linux support and the archived drivers available are for 2.4 kernels, therefore useless for 2.6 kernels that Ubuntu is based on..

but after some googling, i have found some useful threads on Ubuntu forums regarding WinModem installation. they will come in handy the next time i'm in a mood to take Ubuntu (or any other distros) for a spin. :)

Tonurics:
Glad I could shed some more light on this "crazy linux" thing. :)

lanux128: Thats a bummer. The next version of Ubuntu should will get _real_ proprietary winmodem driver support thru the new restricted driver manager. Now that Ubuntu actively has people working on it, maybe they will be able to come up with something. For the time being, if you have a copy of the windows drivers, theres a good chance ndiswrapper will work; originally created to run proprietary wifi driversm it basically runs the drivers thru wine. But be forewarned it can be quite a vexing mistress at times...

Ubuntu 7.10 Announcement - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-June/000304.html

lanux128:
that's good to hear, Tonurics.. :up: i also found this thread that advocates native support for winmodems and i duly voted for it..


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