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<font size="+1">Hi:<br>
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I am an instructor that teaches Linux at Conestoga College In Waterloo
Ontario Canada. My system has an AOpen FM56-PX modem installed. It is
a PCI modem that uses the HCF conexant chip. I run various distros on
my system and want a single driver for this modem that will work with
all distros using any version of the 2.6 kernel. Do you have a driver
that I can use for that purpose, possibly in the form of source that
can be compiled and installed on each system. It is important to have
such a driver since I test various distro's in order to bring to the
classroom the info on the differences. That means I need my modem to
work no matter which version or flavour of linux I happen to be running
and I certainly can't constantly purchase a full version of a driver
everytime the next distro comes out with another version of the 2.6
kernel. I would be happy to purchase the full version of the driver
but only once. As an instructor I need the flexibility to be able to
work with my hardware regardless of the kernel version. <br>
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So what do you recommend that I do? Do you have a generic driver that
will do the job that I require? I have been quite happy with my modem
up to this point and am currently using it with a 2.4.22-xfs kernel. I
am looking to upgrade but am afraid to do so and loose my ability to
connect to the internet since my students depend on my ability to
communicate with me via the net. My modem ceases to work under the
other versions of Linux that I have currently installed which use the
2.6 version of the linux kernel. I also will be upgrading our lab to
the latest Red Hat (core 4) and we have 8 machines that have the same
modem installed and connected to a small analog telephone office for
the purpose of teaching faxing, and dial-up connections. I will need
to have these modems working even when we teach and do kernel
upgrades. So having a singular driver that works across the board is
necessary there as well. I hate to have to switch products when this
product has performed so well up to this point in time in a classroom
environment. Most of my students come from industry to learn the ins
and outs of Linux.<br>
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regards,<br>
<br>
Peter <br>
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