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[Josh Barratt]

>I was told by a friend that most internal modems are configured to only
work with Windows if the computer you buy comes >with Windows. So, I have 2
questions:
This is probably true these days . . . what you need to do is figure out
what kind of modem you actually have inside your computer. The easy way to
do this is check with the manufacturer's web site -- see if they have driver
downloads, this is often a good way to see which modem is being used. If
this doesn't get you any info, you can pop the computer open and try and get
the info of the card itself. This is often not very clear/easy, especially
if the modem is on the motherboard. Anyway, if you can figure out which
modem you have, then go to http://www.linmodems.org/ and see if it's
supported.

-if the above is impossible, I suppose this means I have to buy an external
modem.  Do any of you know if all external modems work with Linux?

I imagine you wouldn't have good luck with a USB modem (do they have those?)
but any modem that works on the serial port should work.

BTW, if you haven't checked the top of the linmodems page before (I hadn't)
they have some neat ideas for why you might acutally want to use one! (lower
Quake latency, anyone?)

HTH,
    Josh