From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 3 11: 2:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (sec3d37.dial.uniserve.ca [204.244.165.148]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4BB1512A for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 11:02:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA00713; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 11:00:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 11:00:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: Kenneth Legg 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: > I read in a linux how-to that win modems will not work with unix system, This is true, WinModems are just that, Win modems. So as to give you a heads up modems are showing up that do not explicitly define themselves as such (ie. Diamond SupraMax). I have even come across them being referred to as soft modems. > 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 Suggestion, go with an external modem if you have the available connector and at least a 16550 UART. If not Diamond Supra's, and USRobotic's have proven to be the most reliable from my experience, especially when it comes to V.90 support. Pop it in and if it is plug and play you will have to make sure that you have pnp support built into your kernel. controller pnp0 And that you have the correct port and IRQ for the modem specified. (This you can probably retrieve from the "Device Manager" in Windows) device sio3 at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 3 vector siointr > Freebsd. Does freebsd use drivers for modems and other cards like > windows does? Any help is appreciated. Refer to the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/ or if installed in /usr/share/doc/handbook/, and the ppp tutorial. The user ppp is quite simple to set up using those documentations. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Discover Rock Solid, Discover FreeBSD | http://www.FreeBSD.Org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message