ESS modem

ESS makes modem chipsets, obviously someone else actually manufactured the modem. Without more data, it's hard to say who... However, here's a place that appears to have drivers for them. ESS Modem Drivers

Hi,

No, I have the driver for it (actually, I'm connected right now using this modem. Works fine ). The thing is, I think the owners of this store are not very honest. I want to know if they lied to me about this modem. They told me it was a hardware modem, and sold it to me for 25 bucks. I went to another store and there the salesman told me they sold the same model (ESS 2818) for 16 bucks, and that it was a software modem. I want to know who is telling the truth. You see, in my country, lying comes very natural to computer appliances stores salesmen.

Thanks,
Daniel.

The modem is a WinModem, i.e. the compression and error correction is done in the driver.

So, and forgive me for being so meticulous, it is not a hardware modem, right?

As johnwill said, it in a winmodem or controllerless. See here,
http://www.modem-help.co.uk/chips/ess2898.html

The best way to tell in the future is to look at the system requirements, if it lists windows as a requirement then it does not have an onboard controller. If it says it will work with windows, dos, linux and other operating systems, it will have an onboard controller.

SeeYa

And to answer your question, Nope, they lied. A hardware modem will have an onboard controller and will cost about double or more.

SeeYa

Thats what I wanted to know.

Now I'm gonna sue their *****.
This sounds better, right?



Thanks and sorry,
Daniel.