Installing a modem

Introduction

Installation modems in Linux is not always easy. NEVER buy a winmodem and if it is posible:

check in the store what kind of modems they have (don't buy it yet)
check on internet if there are drivers for linux
buy the modem

So I did and got a: pci modem card - "E-tech faxmodem 56k (type: PCI56AVP)".

But of course it was not so easy to install the modem. After a litle while I notice there where 3 modem types:
a A, a B and a C version of the PCI56AVP.

See also the site of the manufacterer on www.e-tech.nu where you find information about the type of modem.

So there should be drivers. But only for the A modem type. Not for B en not for my C-type.
But they advertise with: including drivers also for Linux and this is also done for the C-type.
Nice to know but NO driver of course.

After looking on the internet for a long long period where I also visited the lastpage on the internet I got a hint which point me into the right direction. And this was the solution for my driver problem. Of course when I found it there where lots of bells ringing! Someone wrote that the modem was compatible with a Intel536.

The solution

So I opened the pc and checkt the modemcard. Indeed all the chips where Ambient chips from Intel. So I go to: www.intel.com directly clicked on "Support & Downloads" and searched for intel536.

I found a lot of drivers for Linux

- Red Hat
- Mandrake
- Suse
- ...

and for a lot of versions. But only for 2.4 Kernels I think.

In my case I downloaded the version for Red Hat 9.0
(Intel536ep-460-1-R90.tgz version: 4.60.1) for the Intel 536EP Chipset Family
Unzip and un-tar the file, read the instructions and within a few minutes you can work within Linux with your new modem.

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