Internal Modems in Laptops and Notebooks with Linux (Compatibility Status)

Laptop Survey

The Linux status of the laptop models reported below, is changing and improving. Therefore, if a laptop is reported as "unsupported" you should give it a try. Why is this survey valuable though: To encourage people which want to buy a "working" stated machine (remember: no guarantees) and to collect technical information (what chips are used) about different models.

To get your modem to work, here are some tips and tricks and a survey of drivers for laptop modems.

If you like to contribute your experiences with your internal modem and Linux (whether good or bad), I would gladly appreciate your help.

Werner Heuser <wehe_at_tuxmobil.org>

Survey (sorted alphabetically by manufacturers)

Model	Linux Status	Details
ACER
Extensa 390	unknown	_at_istar.ca>.html">more
Extensa 50[0123][T/DX]	works	_at_yahoo.com.html">more
Extensa 710T	works	_at_iitb.fhg.de <Alfredo Cozzino> alfcoz_at_globenet.it.html">more
Extensa 710TE	works	Giovanni.html">more
Extensa 711TE	unknown	more
Extensa 712TE	doesn't work	_at_iitb.fhg.de.html">more
Extensa 712TEV	unknown	more
TravelMate Series 720T, 721T, 722T, 723T, 737TLV	unknown	Peter Robinson <Peter Robinson> ribbo_at_iinet.net.au.html">more
Travelmate 312P	unknown	more
Travelmate 720T	unknown	more
Travelmate 721T	unknown	more
510T	unknown	_at_cavazza.it.html">more
Travelmate series in general	ambiguous	_at_canada.com see also an install script for TravelMate 730 from Markus Kohler.html">more
52xx series	doesn't work	_at_dominoid.net>.html">more
502T	doesn't work	Pete Harlow <pete_at_catnip.co.uk>.html">more
TravelMate 230	works	_at_xtra.co.nz>.html">more
TravelMate Ferrari 3200	works	_at_hotmail.com>.html">more
TravelMate Aspire 3023WLMi	works	more
AMS
Roadster 15	doesn't work	_at_christophersmith.net>.html">more
ASUS
L8400C	doesn't work	René Seindal <rene_at_seindal.dk>.html">more
L3800C	works	more
Apple
Powerbook G3	works	N.N. <Bernhard Reiter> <bernhard_at_intevation.de>.html">more
iBook	works	N.N. .html">more
COMPAQ
Armada M700/7700	works	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
Armada 1500 C	works	_at_erols.com>.html">more
Armada 6500	unknown	more
Armada 7500	unknown	more
Armada SB (AR SB 5233/32/4.0/DMT)	doesn't work	_at_sis.rpslmc.edu.html">more
Presario 1020	unknown	_at_pactec.org.html">more
Presario 1230	works	_at_f-m.fm>.html">more
Presario 1238	works	_at_dbitech.com.html">more
Presario 1240	doesn't work	_at_mick01.globalnet.co.uk.html">more
Presario 1245	works	_at_uskonet.com.html">more
Presario 1255	works	_at_acadia.net.html">more
Presario 1275	works	_at_enhanced.com.html">more
Presario 1260	works	_at_nf.sympatico.ca.html">more
Presario 1275	doesn't work	_at_er.uqam.ca.html">more
Presario 1560DM	doesn't work	_at_pagenet.com.html">more
Presario 1600S	works	_at_jongjungbu.com.html">more
Presario 1600S	doesn't work	_at_ix.netcom.com>.html">more
Presario 1625	works	_at_yahoo.com>.html">more
Presario 1655	doesn't work	_at_hedlin.com>.html">more
Presario 1688	works	_at_bigfoot.com>.html">more
Presario 1694	works	_at_cybershadow.net.html">more
Presario 1800 XL	works	_at_anyweb.at.html">more
Presario 1830	works	_at_uol.com.br.html">more
Presario 1920	works	_at_ldeo.columbia.edu.html">more
Presario 1925	works	_at_canada.com> , Alan Robinson <alan_at_syzygy.vispa.com>.html">more
Presario 1600XL144	doesn't work	_at_csr.unibo.it>.html">more
Armada V300	works	_at_softhome.net>.html">more
Presario 1200-XL118	works	_at_hotmail.com -->.html">more
12XL325 (aka 1200-XL325)	works	_at_jm4n.com>.html">more
Presario 2800	works	more
Armada 1573DM (1500 family)	works	_at_linuxbr.com.br>.html">more
Presario 1688	works	_at_web.de>.html">more
Armada E500	works	_at_com-data.fo>.html">more
X1000	works	_at_excite.com> Konstantin Khomoutov <khomoutov_at_despammed.com>.html">more
Armada 1700 model 6300/T/5000/D/M/1	works	_at_earthlink.net>.html">more
Clevo
2200	works	_at_libero.it>.html">more
5600/5620	works	_at_libero.it>.html">more
DELL
Inspiron 3800	doesn't work	_at_princeton.edu.html">more
Inspiron 5000e	ambiguous	_at_fsisys.com.html">more
Latitude CPT 500	doesn't work	_at_pacbell.net.html">more
Latitude 600	doesn't work	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
Inspiron 4100e	ambiguous	more
Latitude C600	doesn't work	_at_avid.com>.html">more
Inspiron 8100	ambiguous	_at_yahoo.es>, Jason Straight <jason_at_blazeconnect.net>.html">more
Inspiron 8200	works	_at_aixigo.de>.html">more
Digital
Highnote Ultra 2000	unknown	_at_xmission.com.html">more
Fujitsu
770TX	doesn't work	_at_angelfire.com.html">more
C-350	doesn't work	_at_earthlink.net.html">more
Lifebook E6520	works	_at_evitech.fi.html">more
Lifebook E6560	works	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
Lifebook C6325	doesn't work	_at_averroes.cec.junta-andalucia.es.html">more
Lifebook C	works	_at_engelenict.com.html">more
Lifebook 735Dx	works	_at_ureach.com.html">more
Lifebook B142	works	_at_cs.tcd.ie Stefan Weber.html">more
Lifebook S-4572	doesn't work	Linux on the Fujitsu-Siemens S-4572.html">more
Lifebook C-6572	doesn't work	Paul Sheer <psheer_at_icon.co.za>.html">more
Lifebook C	works	_at_vcj.sch.je.html">more
LifeBook 6010S	works	George H. Fisher.html">more
Lifebook C1020	works	_at_copeca.dsnet.it>.html">more
Gateway
3100	works	Stefan Mueller-Stach <Stefan Mueller-Stach> sms_at_hodge.mathematik.uni-essen.de.html">more
450X	works	_at_attglobal.net>.html">more
Gericom
WebBoy	works	more
HP
XE3	doesn't work	CT 5/2002 p. 202.html">more
Hewlett-Packard
OmniBook 6000	doesn't work	Linux On HP OmniBook 6000.html">more
Omnibook XE3	doesn't work	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
OmniBook XT100S	doesn't work	_at_free.fr> .html">more
Hitachi
VisionBook Pro 7560	works	Linux On Hitachi.html">more
VisionBook Pro 7590	works	_at_stanford.edu> Toshihide Shimayama.html">more
IBM
Thinkpad 390E	ambiguous	Allin Cottrell Allin Cottrell> cottrell_at_ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu thanks for the link to Adam Spiers <Adam Spiers> adam_at_thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk.html">more
Thinkpad 390X	works	_at_dontblink.com>.html">more
Thinkpad 560Z	unknown	more
Thinkpad 570 (26441AJ) in Japan	works	Mitsukuni KEY KIKAWADA <Mitsukuni "KEY" KIKAWADA> key_at_unixmagic.org.html">more
Thinkpad 600	works	_at_mail.com> hm_at_suse.de.html">more
Thinkpad 600E	works	more
Thinkpad 770X	ambiguous	_at_suse.de.html">more
Thinkpad i1200	doesn't work	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
Thinkpad i1410	doesn't work	more
Thinkpad i1427	works	_at_bigfoot.com>.html">more
Thinkpad A21P	doesn't work	more
Thinkpad T23	works	more
MaxData
Artist Stanford	works	_at_vordruckleitverlag.de>.html">more
NEC
Versa 6030X	works	_at_satx.net <John Keimel> john_at_mint.net.html">more
Panasonic
CF-47	ambiguous	more
Let's Note M1V	works	Kenshi Muto <Kenshi Muto> kmuto_at_debian.org.html">more
SONY
VAIO 505	works	_at_vitelus.com.html">more
VAIO PCG-505RX	doesn't work	_at_mindspring.com> .html">more
VAIO PCG-Z505R	doesn't work	_at_iii.ca.html">more
VAIO PCG-Z505JE	works	_at_larve.net>.html">more
VAIO PCG-Z600TEK	works	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
VAIO PCG-808	works	Chris McDonough.html">more
VAIO PCG-818	works	_at_cs.cmu.edu.html">more
VAIO PCG-838	works	Seth Golub <Seth Golub> seth_at_thehouse.org.html">more
VAIO PCG-885	works	Rainer Spurzem <Rainer Spurzem> spurzem_at_ari.uni-heidelberg.de.html">more
VAIO F-160	doesn't work	_at_ifd.mavt.ethz.ch>.html">more
VAIO SR1K (and presumably the SR5K and SR7K which are basically the same machine)	doesn't work	_at_ftel.co.uk.html">more
VAIO PCG QR10	works	_at_gmx.ch>.html">more
VAIO PCG-FXA48	works	_at_yahoo.com>.html">more
Sharp
AR 10	doesn't work	more
Sony
VAIO-PCG-F390	works	_at_eee-fs4.bham.ac.uk>.html">more
Toshiba
Portege 3020	works	_at_catapult.com.html">more
Portege 300CT	doesn't work	_at_multimania.com.html">more
Portege 320CT	ambiguous	_at_multimania.com.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3000CT	ambiguous	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3010CT	ambiguous	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3020CT	ambiguous	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3300CT	unknown	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3380CT	works	_at_saul.cis.upenn.edu.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 60000CT	unknown	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
DynaBookSS PORTEGE 7020X	unknown	Toshiba Linux Support.html">more
Portege 3110CT	works	_at_cl.cam.ac.uk.html">more
Satellite 4100 XDVD	works	_at_bams.com.html">more
Satellite 4060	unknown	more
Satellite 480CDT	works	_at_sprynet.com.html">more
Satellite 4080CDT	doesn't work	_at_sprynet.com.html">more
4030 CDT	doesn't work	_at_free.fr <Matt Gumbley> mgumbley_at_enigmadata.co.uk.html">more
4030 CDS	doesn't work	_at_free.fr.html">more
Satellite Pro 4200	works	_at_netzero.pt.html">more
Satellite Pro	works	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more
Satellite 2520	doesn't work	Humpback Juergen Leising Juergen Leising <a0037_at_stud.uni-bayreuth.de>.html">more
Satellite 2520	works	_at_uni-wuppertal.de.html">more
Satellite 2502CDS	unknown	p2kamins.html">more
2540CDS	ambiguous	_at_euskalnet.net GnargFu.html">more
Satellite 460CDT	unknown	_at_student.qut.edu.au.html">more
Satellite 2595XDVD	works	_at_pdai.com <Lee> -->Trent Reznor lektronx_at_svun.org.html">more
Satellite 2595	works	_at_web.com.html">more
Satellite 2140XCDS	unknown	_at_csh.rit.edu.html">more
Satellite 2180CDT	works	_at_csh.rit.edu.html">more
650CT	works	Zane AE <Zane AE> zane_at_ugcs.caltech.edu.html">more
Tecra 8100	works	_at_lmn.net.html">more
Tecra 750DVD	works	_at_MI.Uni-Koeln.DE>.html">more
Tecra 8000	works	_at_staffnet.com>.html">more
Satellite Pro 4600	doesn't work	more
Satellite Pro 445CDT	works	_at_culturall.com>.html">more
Satellite M30-801	works	_at_interfree.it> .html">more
Satellite A105-S4004	partially works	_at_infinity-ltd.com>.html">more
Twinhead
Slimnote 9	doesn't work	_at_innocent.com.html">more
EFIO 9000 Series	unknown	more
Wortmann
Terra Aura A74LD	doesn't work	Linux-Magazin 01/2001.html">more

PDAs, Cell Phones, PCMCIA Cards

The Freestyle Executive Monster PDA made by Digital has an in-built modem, its Linux status is unknown. For IrDA connections to cell phones see Linux and InfraRed Devices. The 3CCFEM656B PCMCIA card by 3COM doesn't work. "The modem on the 3CCFEM656B is a Winmodem. The ethernet will work under Linux, but not the modem." Dave Hinds in comp.os.linux.portable. For PCMCIA modems see my PCMCIA card survey (by types) and the Xmodem.org survey.