From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 3 10:44:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eddie.incantations.net (unknown [204.180.122.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5058150B4 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:44:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thanatos@eddie.incantations.net) Received: from localhost (thanatos@localhost) by eddie.incantations.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA10838 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:42:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:42:36 -0600 (CST) From: Jason Hudgins Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modems In-Reply-To: <37061F80.A3C3E17@mail.wvnet.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Kenneth Legg wrote: Win-modems suck. They remove a lot of the hardware functionality, and do it via software instead. This makes them cheaper to build. Unfortunatly, it also slows them down, and you have to have Windows to perform the software functions that are normally done in hardware.. You can't take the win out of win-modem and expect it to work.. > I read in a linux how-to that win modems will not work with unix system, > > is this true? I have a 33.6 us robotics win modem, if this modem will > not work what modem should I buy and where can I find information on > installing it? Can I use the linux how-to doc on modem installation for > Freebsd. Does freebsd use drivers for modems and other cards like > windows does? Any help is appreciated. > > Thank you, > Kenny > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Jason Hudgins http://www.incantations.net/~thanatos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message