Connecting a Diamond SuperExpress 56e

Evening HW!

I'm not that familiar with the modem you mention. How is it intended to be connected to your computer? Does it connect via a USB connection?

I'm sure that there are better modem experts on the forum who will be able to give more helpful advice, especially about kppp, but regarding the printer port: Nope, you will not be able to use that.

On another matter in your post; I am rather confused that you would call your computer Bill's where?

Jon

My modem is a serial modem, which I ordered when I knew that my internal modem would be no good for dialup. Ethernet connection worked with a DSL router when I had that, looks like I'm gonna hafta look at the dual-modem option, with the ethernet connection.

Is it possible to link a serial modem through the ethernet connection?

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Tell me, tell me, tell me, elm! Night night! Telmetale of stem or stone. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters of. Night!

...but I don't know how much they cost.

I just did a quick Google search on "ethernet to serial" (including quotes). One item that was returned was this:
Device Profile: Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net Ethernet-to-serial adapters
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7541024341.html

And it runs Linux
There may be other items like this, but I have no idea how much they would cost.

BTW, I did a similar thing: went out and bought an external, serial modem but forgot to look closely at the connector on the back of my laptop. The "Video Out" port looks very similar to a "Serial Out" port (oops)

Jon

I'm surprised there's not a serial port. Even my new Dell laptop for work has serial ports. Are you sure there isn't a port somewhere behind a 'secret door'?

Chris

Unfortunately, serial ports are "Oh, so passe!". They still sometimes include them on desktop systems, but they have gone the way of the dodo bird on laptops (I don't know when they last provided dodo birds standard on laptops (hehe)).

My Dell Inspiron 2600 (hand-carved out of stone) does not have a single serial port.

Jon

Anybody interested in a nicely shaped, sort of "neuveau modem riche" paperweight? Classic American design, I'll letcha have it cheap. You pay shipping, it's yours...

K, well, this solution is not going to work. So, before I go spend $50 on an Actiontec dual, I *do* have another Diamond 56k that I bought last time I was planning on moving to Linux.

It's USB.

Is there hope? It's a SupraMax 56k. Is it really really difficult to install a driver if I could find one?

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Tell me, tell me, tell me, elm! Night night! Telmetale of stem or stone. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters of. Night!

I know this is a very old thread,
but am posting this for others, so
someone else who needs to connect a RS232/DB-9 external
serial hardware modem to a late model Laptop with no
Serial Com Port, can have assurance they can do so.
You can do so using a "USB to RS-232 Adapter"

I have installed Mepis on several other peoples laptops.
The adapter I used in each case was the Rosewill RCW601,
(could purchase locally in the sticks of appalachia)
I setup /dev/ttyUSB0 for device location, not /dev/modem.
(unless you personally link it as such)
Works great if you are stuck with dialup,
and have no com ports on your laptop.

The drivers are already there and compiled into kernel
in Mepis 6.0 for this model adapter/converter.
Find the modem device to setup in KPPP
by doing a:

dmesg | grep converter

in bash shell/terminal,
it will tell you which modem device to select.
Hook it up.

HTH
Kruppt

Thanks Kruppt. Yes, it's an old thread, but you have provided new information. Thanks for the post. Perhaps it will help others who only have dial-up access and a new computer

Jon

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