<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Choosing a suitable driver</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Where to get the drivers" HREF="downloaddrivers.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Compiling and installing the drivers" HREF="installation.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="downloaddrivers.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="installation.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="RIGHTDRIVERS" ></A >4. Choosing a suitable driver</H1 ><P > The driver version that you will have to use depends on the kernel version you have. To know your kernel version, you will have to issue the command </P ><P ><B CLASS="COMMAND" >uname -r</B ></P ><P >If you see something like 2.2.x, go to <A HREF="http://modems.dewback.cl" TARGET="_top" >http://modems.dewback.cl</A > and download the <A HREF="http://modems.dewback.cl/pctel-2.2.tar.gz" TARGET="_top" >pctel 2.2x </A > drivers from the PCTel section of that site.</P ><P >If you see something like 2.4x, go to <A HREF="http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/" TARGET="_top" >http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/</A > and download the pctel 0.9.6 (pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz) drivers from that site.</P ><P ><DIV CLASS="IMPORTANT" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="IMPORTANT" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/important.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Important"></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P >Also note that only the pctel 0.9.6 drivers have support for the new <A HREF="ot.html#AMR" >AMR</A > modems.</P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="downloaddrivers.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="installation.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Where to get the drivers</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Compiling and installing the drivers</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >