[wplug] external modem recommendation

Eric Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Tue Jun 28 20:08:33 EDT 2005


On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 06:30:40PM -0400, James LaSalle wrote:
> I want to access a computer via a POTS line and external modem. Nothing 
> fancy. No Internet. Just dial in get/put files and disconnect.  What 
> inexpensive external modem might be happy on a Debian box?

Any external modem that connects via a serial cable should work fine.
I would stay away from newer ones that connect via USB (they might
require firmware downloads that would only work on Windows).

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Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u


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