modem education

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 05 June 2006 11:06, Bob Hemus wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hipp" <michael at hipp.com>
> To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: modem education
>
> >> From: "Bruce Marshall" <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
>
> Ah, I miss-used the trem switch.  What I was/am confused about is this
> modem worked fine.  I put in a new hd, a Seagate 160GB and installed Win
> XP.  When I fired it back up the ActionTec V.92 PCI modem wouldn't work
> with any of the distros I monkey with (wash out my mouth!! preposition at
> end of sentence).  I tried all kinds of configurations, re-configuarations
> to no avail.  The box in which the modem arrived and the adds for this
> modem list All M$ stuff, OS2, Unix and Linux.  I assumed from this it had
> enough of all of the correct chips?  Here is the dope from the modem.
> "ACTIONTEC PM560LKC V.92".  The board says, #03-0322-3A.    Here are all of
> the chips; LCB110, CP Clare, 0018T11600; COSMO, 6010, M16; COSMO, 2010,
> 4N35, A41, B; NAis, AQVZIDEN, 203, 2 of these; ATMEL, AT49F002T, 70JC,
> 0029, Lucent, 1673TV8, 28RDD 0022K, copyright sign, 98 LUC; ISSI,
> IS61C25AH-12J,JV052631H 0019, ISSI, IS61C25AH-12J,JV052631H 0020;
> Agere, PCI-7XT, 0208S, 3745674 copyright 98 AGERE.
>
> Did this modem have the right stuff and I sparked the chip monkeying
> around? I try to remember to use my ground strap, but sometimes it comes
> loose and I miss it. I found this file, I'm going to try to install it on
> my SuSE 10.0 after dinner, if I have time.
> Bob

I found a user manual at the bottom of this page:

http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/cwi.html

and it seems to have all the right stuff.   In particular there is a paragraph 


Product Features
The Actiontec 56K Internal PCI Call Waiting Modem contained in
this package has the following features.

? Conforms to the ITU-T V.90 specification with auto-negotiation of V.90, 
V.34,
V.32bis, V.32, V.23, V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell 212A, and Bell 103 protocols.

? Supports Group 3: class 1 fax protocols.

? V.42bis and MNP 5 data compression. MNP2 - MNP4, V.42, and LAPM error
correction.

? Modem does not rely on the host CPU to perform any internal functions. It is
completely controller-based for use with the the widest range of supported
operating systems:
DOS
Windows (3.1x, 95, 98, and NT)
OS/2
UNIX
Linux


Which says it is a real modem.   But I wouldn't assume that you have blown it 
up until you've tested it with something like minicom.  Do the boot messages 
seem to think they find a modem?

What does   lspci     say?