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Intel 536ep modem installation

Asked by thez_man101 in Linux Networking

I just got a new modem with an Intel 536ep chipset.  It works just fine in WinXP, but I'm having problems in Fedora Core 1.

The manufacturer website has 4.43 drivers with a source tarball and a Redhat 7.3 rpm.  The Intel website has a 4.62 source tarball and a RedHat 9 rpm.  I download the RedHat 9 rpm and the source tarball, (both from the Intel site).  I don't think the source tarball installed correctly.  To be more specific:

     I did the make, make install instructions like the tarball said.  The comile was kind of sluggish, and gave back some "warnings."  The instructions said something about haveing the kernel headers, and per my pokeing on the 'net, I installed the kernel rpm from my instalation CD.  I recompiled the drivers and this time there were less "warnings".  The RPM's would'nt install because of a /etc/(somefile) dependancy.  But that file did exist.  I did'nt try after installing the kernel rpm.

Anyways, by using the gnome modem utility or kppp, I can connect to my ISP, but the data throughoput is almost zilch (less than 1 kp/s.)

I know that the driver installs a boot script.  The grapical boot skips past it too fast to watch (it's right at the end), so the only way to watch it is by pressing "I" to enter the interactive boot.  I can't remember, but at last check the boot script fails.

After looking on the net, I read that linux uses the NIC first.  My motherboard has a NIC, but it has been disabled in the BIOS since before the installation of Fedora, so I don't think that could be a problem.  Or could it?

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.
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