Thanks You Guys!!(need a little more help.. hehe)

[XxD]

you are most roxorus! I just setup mandrake linux... damn it is nice!! and its beatiful, when i boot my comp up it asks me if i want to run mandrake, or NT ( windows2k )...

I really like mandrake, but have a question.

I have 56k AOL...

How do I get a working internet connection going in mandrake? It'd be tight if i could go online with that baby!!!

I cant get an internet connection going on my mandrake, I want to DL more wallpapers =D... anyways.. anyone know howto setup an internet connection for mandrake? I have 56k AOL on windows.... Do I need to pay money to get a connection on linux?

[ October 04, 2002: Message edited by: XxD ]

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[Pantso]

First of all, congratulations on your new Linux box! Now, what kind of modem do you have? If it's a PCI winmodem, then it propably won't work. However you could go to http://www.linmodems.org and see if you can get it to work with open source drivers.

If it's a hardware modem you're talking about, then it's almost certainly supported and it'll work flawlessly. USB modems are also partially supported.

Now if your modem IS supported go to Mandrake control center in KDE or GNOME and set up your connection. I don't know about AOL though  

[XxD]

My modem is called "MODEM BLASTER"

[XxD]

my modem is an external MODEM BLASTER.... I have no idea who makes iT...

[XxD]

ok, i figured out, that its made by creative labs.

[XxD]

The FUll name for it is :

Creative Modem Blaster V.90 DE5625

[Pantso]

Is it a serial modem, PCI or a USB one? Need more info..

Why don't you give google a try? Do a google search for your modem and linux support.

[ October 04, 2002: Message edited by: Panos ]

[XxD]

I have a 3com network adapter... does that mean anthihng? please help you guys, I really want to get my mandrake online!! BTW , when I go into the internet config thing, it trys to dial my modem, it gets a dial tone, but then just sits there.

then it says MODEM FAILED .. or something

[XxD]

How do you tell if its PCI?

[XxD]

hmm the closest modem that creative labs still makes is here here

anyways, I THINK Thats mine, its the only V.90 they still make, EXCEPT, that one is internal, mine is external.

[Pantso]

quote:Originally posted by XxD:
How do you tell if its PCI?

Internal modems are usually PCI modems. If it's connected through a PCI slot then it's a PCI modem. It could also be an ISA one. You could also visit Mandrake's site and search their hardware database for supported hardware.

[Pantso]

quote:Originally posted by XxD:
hmm the closest modem that creative labs still makes is here here

anyways, I THINK Thats mine, its the only V.90 they still make, EXCEPT, that one is internal, mine is external.

Serial or USB?

[voidmain]

Does your modem connect to a serial port or a USB port? If you got a dial tone then I would say you have a 100% chance of being able to make it work. But probably a 0% chance of getting connected to AOL, unless of course they have recently released a Linux version of their software.

[XxD]

is there another way? can i get free internet access? damn =\

well.. I have a shitload of AOL access numbers.. If i were to DIAL one of those.. what would happen?

[XxD]

my modem connects to the slot with the weird writing like this (1)|O|O|

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