Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:29:55 -0700 From: Joe Warner <rootman22@attbi.com> To: Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> Cc: 'S Roberts' <sroberts84@hotmail.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compatible Modem? Message-ID: <3C52E793.F654B8C@attbi.com> References: <000c01c1a686$be754730$77c801ca@warhawk>
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--------------A6088D5A91B613707003BF51 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'll second this. In my experience, configuring internal modems to work with FreeBSD have been difficult, if not (in some cases) impossible. This isn't to say it can't be done, especially by somebody who has sufficient experience. However, for the newbie who wishes to connect to the net in the least amount of time possible, I also highly recommend using an external modem. I once spent two weeks trying to configure a US Robotics internal PCI modem under FreeBSD 4.2 and finally gave in to the recommendation of others and bought/configured a US Robotics external 56K modem. I had everything working in less than 20 minutes. Now, I'm using a Cable modem, which was even easier to configure and I don't plan on going back to dial-up any time soon. ;-) Cheers Joe Haikal Saadh wrote: > Short answer: > Internal modems bad, external modems good. > > Long(er) answer. > > I've experienced nothing but misery with internal modems. Even the > old-school isa non-pnp ones...not worth the extra headaches..External > modems, on the other hand, just plugem in, point fbsd to the right port, > and away you go! I've had good luck with D-link and 3Coms. Although my > 3Com (quite a new model, not sure which) does not have a telephone out > to plug a phone in. Annoying, but works otherwise. > > Cheers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of S Roberts > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:00 AM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: re: Compatible Modem? > > Hello, > Sorry if this has been discussed to death here, but I tried > google as well and the online docs, but couldn't find any definitive > answers. > > Is anyone out there able to point me to where I can find documentation > on what modems (external or otherwise) are compatible with FreeBSD at > this point, please? > > Thanks for any assistance offered. > > Regards, > > Stacey > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Joe Warner Daemon News Daemon News E-Zine http://www.daemonnews.org Print Magazine http://magazine.daemonnews.org/ BSDMall http://www.bsdmall.com --------------A6088D5A91B613707003BF51 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> I'll second this. <p>In my experience, configuring internal modems to work with <br>FreeBSD have been difficult, if not (in some cases) impossible. <br>This isn't to say it can't be done, especially by somebody who <br>has sufficient experience. However, for the newbie who <br>wishes to connect to the net in the least amount of time possible, <br>I also highly recommend using an external modem. I once spent <br>two weeks trying to configure a US Robotics internal PCI modem <br>under FreeBSD 4.2 and finally gave in to the recommendation of <br>others and bought/configured a US Robotics external 56K modem. <br>I had everything working in less than 20 minutes. <p>Now, I'm using a Cable modem, which was even easier to configure <br>and I don't plan on going back to dial-up any time soon. ;-) <p>Cheers <p>Joe <br> <br> <br> <p>Haikal Saadh wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Short answer: <br>Internal modems bad, external modems good. <p>Long(er) answer. <p>I've experienced nothing but misery with internal modems. Even the <br>old-school isa non-pnp ones...not worth the extra headaches..External <br>modems, on the other hand, just plugem in, point fbsd to the right port, <br>and away you go! I've had good luck with D-link and 3Coms. Although my <br>3Com (quite a new model, not sure which) does not have a telephone out <br>to plug a phone in. Annoying, but works otherwise. <p>Cheers. <p>-----Original Message----- <br>From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG <br>[<a href="mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG">mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</a>] On Behalf Of S Roberts <br>Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:00 AM <br>To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org <br>Subject: re: Compatible Modem? <p>Hello, <br> Sorry if this has been discussed to death here, but I tried <br>google as well and the online docs, but couldn't find any definitive <br>answers. <p>Is anyone out there able to point me to where I can find documentation <br>on what modems (external or otherwise) are compatible with FreeBSD at <br>this point, please? <p>Thanks for any assistance offered. <p>Regards, <p>Stacey <p>_________________________________________________________ <br>Do You Yahoo!? <br>Get your free @yahoo.com address at <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a>; <p>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <br>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message</blockquote> <pre>-- Joe Warner Daemon News Daemon News E-Zine <A HREF="http://www.daemonnews.org">http://www.daemonnews.org</A>; Print Magazine <A HREF="http://magazine.daemonnews.org/">http://magazine.daemonnews.org/</A>; BSDMall <A HREF="http://www.bsdmall.com">http://www.bsdmall.com</A></pre>; </html> --------------A6088D5A91B613707003BF51-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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