I figured you were doing something like that. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Technomage wrote: > actually, > this is what I am looking for. > the 'winmodems" are software modems and don't exactly work very well in > linux or OS X (and > in OS X they don't work at all). I need either a USB or serial port > based external unit. if I could > find a pci based HARDWARE modem, I would, but I don't see those being > made for anything > very cheap. > > btw, dialup modems are not exactly dead tech. they are often included on > most laptops (mac and pc) > which makes me wonder if the tech is all that dead. my mac laptop came > with a built-in modem and > I am trying to find an external for my OS X desktop (using linux source > code to compile the utilities I need). > > The reason for this is that I have a phone line I dedicate for my own > use and wireless+voip is not really > an option in a lot of places (where a phoneline is still available). I'd > like to be able to access my lan (and route > to the net like an ISP) without having to maintain a separate dialup > account (which would cost money > I don't have). so yeah, for those like me, this tech is definitely not > dead yet. > > Dazed_75 wrote: >> Sure you don't want one with the acoustic cups for the telephone headset? >> LOL >> >> Actually, I thought I would ask why you want an external one to connect to a >> serial port rather than a simple PCI internal modem which is still commonly >> available.  Th only thing I could think of was that your server is not a PC >> or so you could disconnect it when not traveling but you could do the same >> with the PCI just by disconnecting the phone line. >> >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Technomage wrote: >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss