Thanks Jim. Does that mean that I have to use external modem for hardware 
modem. My office room is already littered with hubs, routers and what not, so 
I would prefer to have internal modem. 

Is there any internal modem that will work good with Linux?

Sundar



On Monday 10 March 2003 08:28 am, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:18, sundar narayanasamy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could you guys suggest me a good and less expensive modem for Linux? As
> > far as online I researched, I was suggested to get any hardware modem.
> >
> > I already have a modem which Kudzu says as 'Intel Corp. | DSVD modem'.
> > Since I pulled it out of my closet, I really don't know anything more
> > than that. But, all I know is wvdialconf doesn't see it once I log in.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Sundar
>
> Almost any external modem should work like silk with Linux.  I have a
> Motorola Modem Surfr and never had a problem with it being recognized.