Ubuntu Dial up settings

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 03 May 2006 05:22, Chanchao wrote:
> > Secondly, at this point we don't even know what kind of modem the
> > OP is trying to use.
>
> Well I can't even FIND legacy hardware modems on sale anymore,
> (other than perhaps second hand dump-markets) so chances are it's a
> Winmodem.

Tell me about it! I think the major reason for the upsurge of internal 
modems back then was that they are far easier to install into 
complete systems (one less box on the desk).

But modems are fairly reliable things, at least we can usually still 
pick one up second hand. And it's something you only do once per 
given system

> > Chanchao, please don't discourage people on the basis of
> > inaccurate and misleading information.
>
> Sorry, I just get VERY frustrated when I can't get very basic and
> absolutely essential hardware to work, especially on an operating
> system that 'just works' for everything else.

Fair enough, lock-out by hardware vendors is very frustrating. 
Meanwhile the best approach is to continue making Ubuntu better until 
hardware vendors see that they are losing out on market share. It's 
frustrating now, but the end goal is worth it.

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how many people understand hex?

Alan McKinnon
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