Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:55:36 From: "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com> To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au, mschwartz@crosswinds.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Satellite Message-ID: <F1733XQF3QhHIGL3b4X0000a8dc@hotmail.com>
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>From: "Matt Schwartz" <mschwartz@crosswinds.net> >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 8:52 AM >Subject: FreeBSD and Satellite > > > > Has anyone considered using FreeBSD with a service like DirecPC? If so, >how > > would you configure FreeBSD to work with such a service. DirecPC's > > satellite modem connects thru the USB Port. Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > -Matt Something has just occured to me. I remember seeing a modification to the DirecPC modem to allow it to work with Linux when it's USB support wasn't so good. It seems the modem is meant to be used in a USB config but it has a standard port on it too (ethernet, serial?). The mod wasn't that hard either, the person just had to remove a cover on the modem or something of that nature - the port was sitting there waiting to be used. But take that with a grain of salt (actually, take a few). This is all coming from memory so it's possible I've remembered something incorrectly or DirectPC aren't using those modems any more. The article I read was on someone's home page. If you try the usual search engines and you may just dig it up. Good luck, hope that helps. Aaron _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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