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Updated 30-Jan-2002
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<h2>So I'm having trouble with this internal modem...</h2>
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<p>It's probably a winmodem. Winmodems suck for multiple reasons:</p>
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<li>Most of them lack drivers for Linux. Notice the term "most" and not
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"all" -- see <a href="http://linmodems.org/">http://linmodems.org</a> for
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more about those few that do, and some general knowledge on the subject.
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Last time we looked (Issue 63, "<a href="../../issue63/tag/2.html">State
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of the Art in Softmodems</a>") only four models had any support,
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and only two had vendor help.
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<li>Since they aren't a complete modem without software, even if they
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were to work under Linux, they'd eat extra CPU that could be better
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spent on other things. So they'll never seem quite as fast as their
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speed rating would imply.
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<li>Internal modems (even those which bear complete chipsets) have their own
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problems; they overheat more easily, and have a greater danger of harming
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other parts in your system when they fail, merely because they're attached
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directly to the bus. The tiny portion of speed increase that might lend
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is not really worthwhile compared to the risk of losing other parts in
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the system.
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<p>So, yeah, there can be good internal modems, but it's more worthwhile
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to get an external one. It will often contain phone line surge suppression
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and that may lead to more stable connections as well.</p>
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