Anyone with a Creative labs Modem Blaster USB Modem? Is this thing a winmodem?

[KB]

According to Best buy it is:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...57231&type=product

but I don't trust BB, they are notoriously wrong on such things since no one else mentions it is a winmodem. AFAIK external modems, are never if rarely winmodems. The reason I ask, is because if it is not a Winmodem then it should work OK in Linux.

 

[KB]

^ once

 

[BBond]

I'm pretty sure external modems are all hardware modems, not winmodems.

 

[Zepper]

ALL USB MoDems ARE "SOFT" or "WinMoDems! Just try to get one to work without any driver. They also use more resources than PCI "soft" or "WinMoDems". Only go with a USB MoDem as a last resort.
. It is normal serial (RS-232) external MoDems that are full Hardware MoDems. They will work just fine without ANY driver - though they may work better if you install their (usually less than 2kB) .INF file into Win.
.bh.