[WBEL-users] connect to internet

[Robert Heller]

At Sun, 2 Nov 2008 07:01:47 -0800 (PST) Killer at yourdoor.knockknock wrote:

> 
> OK i have the driver and installed by rpm and nothing
> symbolic link for modem has not modem protacals and
> modem is busy when tryed to query.
> so i unloaded rpm,
> and i have wasted a week trying to get a pci modem to work
> and your only helpfull responce was try another os
> sad ;<
> how can you call whitehat a os with little to no support
> for its users.
> it feels like you took a redhat distro rebranded it and slaped
> a label on it and throw it out. your not sure how to run it
> support it or anything else.

Winmodems are poorly supported under any O/S but MS-Windows.  Most of
them use *propriatory* interfaces, which are NOT documented by the
vendor (Broadcomm in this case).  You really should complain to:

1) Broadcomm, for not supporting Linux
2) Dell, for installing such a piece of crap modem in their box.

(Probably both).

What you can to to get on-line is to buy a *real* modem.  Just about any
external RS232 (serial port) modem will work, out of the box.  The only
driver needed will be compiled into the kernel.

> 
> --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Mike B. <saber at omniphile.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Mike B. <saber at omniphile.com>
> > Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] connect to internet
> > To: whitebox-users at beau.org
> > Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 11:31 PM
> > > At Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
> > Killer at yourdoor.knockknock wrote:
> > > 
> > >> here is the kicker
> > >> did a /sbin/lspci
> > >> result list was
> > >> etc0: Broadcom corperation BCM440 110/100 Mbps
> > PCI(rev 02)
> > >> modem: Broadcom corperation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem
> > (rev 02)
> > 
> > Check this:
> > 
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/installing-modem-broadcom-corporation-bcm4212-449422/
> > 
> > Someone else has the same modem:
> > 
> > ------
> > I need help setting up my modem. I have a driver that might
> > work BCMSM-3.4.19-6.i386.rpm
> > 
> > /sbin/lspci -vv
> > 02:01.0 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem
> > (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
> > Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0002
> > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> > ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> > Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast
> > >TAbort+ <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> > Latency: 64
> > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
> > Region 0: Memory at fcffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> > [size=4K]
> > Region 1: I/O ports at df30 [size=16]
> > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=55mA
> > PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
> > ------
> > 
> > -- Mike B.
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> 
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