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Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

 
Anthony Polozzolo
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Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

I have HP 8160 Pavilion PC from 1997 and I have never upgraded the modem drivers. Well actually I did once and it completely hosed up my modem. The HP Helpdesk told me they knew this "bug" existed but had not updated their DOWNLOAD site in the HP Website. Does anyone know if we can now SUCCESSFULLY UPGRADE the Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem drivers from the HP web site?
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Mike McKinlay
Honored Contributor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

A WinModem is not a proper modem, but you may want to check the following website, which makes some information about using WinModems with LINUX available.

http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#Database

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Albert E. Whale, CISSP
Honored Contributor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

The WINModems are not Hardware modems which can be used with Linux.

Although some manufacturers are coming around on releasing their software drivers, I still prefer the the traditional Hardware used in the US Robotics.

I have found a considerable amount of info on the Previous reference page (although I cannot use it really), I have also found that there is considerable information on 56k.com - they might have some useful links for updates on your modem (it's that what you wanted in the first place????).

Hope that helps. Have a Great Day!

Sr. Systems Consultant @ ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.abs-comptech.com/aewhale.html & http://www.ancegroup.com
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

Anthony I have an 8260 with the same modem and updated it with the software directly from the Lucent website http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/driver2.html

scroll to the bottom the newest version is 5.75

make sure to follow the directions that you can also dowload at the bottom of the page
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

Anthony I have an 8260 with the same modem and updated it with the software directly from the Lucent website http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/driver2.html

scroll to the bottom the newest version is 5.75

make sure to follow the directions that you can also dowload at the bottom of the page
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

Anthony I have an 8260 with the same modem and updated it with the software directly from the Lucent website http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/driver2.html

scroll to the bottom the newest version is 5.75

make sure to follow the directions that you can also dowload at the bottom of the page
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

Anthony I have an 8260 with the same modem and updated it with the software directly from the Lucent website http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/driver2.html

scroll to the bottom the newest version is 5.75

make sure to follow the directions that you can also dowload at the bottom of the page
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

Anthony I have an 8260 with the same modem and updated it with the software directly from the Lucent website http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/driver2.html

scroll to the bottom the newest version is 5.75

make sure to follow the directions that you can also dowload at the bottom of the page
Lee Bishop
Occasional Advisor

Re: Lucent K56flex LT Win Modem

sorry about all the posts i tried submitting four times but got an error so i kept trying