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Date:      Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:56:24 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
To:        "JAKE RIVERA" <jakerivera@ameritech.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem with modem in laptop
Message-ID:  <00fd01c08ea9$f52da380$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
References:  <000a01c08ea4$31cd6920$2fa0b3c7@s9c8y1>

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I just went through that exercise a few weeks ago. After phoning the =
Australian distributors of EVERY known breed of PCMCIA modem I couldn't =
find one that WASN'T a winmodem.
We don't get every product here so its possible that "proper" PCMCIA =
modems are available elsewhere in the world.

Similarly with GSM ones ..... all the ones known in this part of the =
world are software type (winmodems) except for the industrial models =
made by Siemens / Ericsson / Falcom. Nokia imply on a few of their =
websites that their products are not winmodems, however the ones I've  =
tried certainly ARE winmodems ... that doesn't surprise me because the =
only experience I've had with Nokia has been unfavourable.

----- Original Message -----=20
  From: JAKE RIVERA=20
  To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
  Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:15 PM
  Subject: Problem with modem in laptop


  I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop and everything works perfectly =
except my modem(Actiontec 56 Modem software).  I'm not sure whether is a =
winModem or not.  so If my modem is a winModem what can I do to get it =
to work....Or if there's no possible way that winModems would work in =
FreeBSD what kind of modem should I buy, and Do I have to take out the =
internel winModem in order to get the New modem to work properly. Or I =
could just leave the winModem alone and install it in one of the PCI.

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just went through that =
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models made by Siemens / Ericsson / Falcom. Nokia imply&nbsp;on a few of =
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