Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 15:31:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Novikmec Jozef <novikmec@intrak.tuke.sk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, deven@netexplorer.org Subject: Re: modem compatibility list? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105261528400.345-100000@alfa.intrak.tuke.sk> In-Reply-To: <15119.36890.354579.938148@guru.mired.org>
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On Sat, 26 May 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Novikmec Jozef <novikmec@intrak.tuke.sk> types: > > On Fri, 25 May 2001, Deven Kampenhout wrote: > > > I just moved into a new home, and unfortunatly, the new town I live in > > > does not have DSL capability (or any other affordable broadband). So my > > > dillema is now that I have to use a 56k modem to connect to the > > > internet. Does anyone know of a modem compatibility list for FreeBSD? If > > > not, does anyone have any reccomendations for a decent modem to buy? I > > > don't need any frills, just a plain and simple 56k modem for data (no > > > fax or voice required). > > > > I'm not guru in FreeBSD world, but I think that this is very similar to > > situation in Linux world. If you buy any external modem, it will be good. > > Not quite true any more in either world. If it's an external serial > modem, you're fine. If it's a USB modem, it may or may not work on > FreeBSD. You need a modem that supports the ACM protocols, and not all > of them do. Last time I looked at Linux, there was no USB support at > all, but that's been most of a year ago. > Now in Linux is new kernels generation 2.4. and there is quite good support for USB devices. I personally didn't try, but in mailing lists there is many examples of using USB under Linux. OK, I forgot in my answer that there are also USB modems. Generally I meaned serial modems. So again, you can buy any serial external modem and it will be good by if you want use it under Linux and probably under FreeBSD too. > Internal modems are problematical. If it doesn't say it works with DOS > or Windows NT, it's a winmodem. Generally, they don't work, but > there's a Linux driver for one version that can be made to work. Check > the list archives for more information. If it does work on those, then > it may well work on FreeBSD. If you have to have an internal modem, > I'd recommend buying one that claims to work on DOS and/or WinNT from > a place with a good return policy. You might also look through the > list archives to see if someone reported getting theirs working. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > S pozdravom |<mec Close the Windows, shut the gates ! ;-) Oznam: Prednaska o cestovani v case sa bude konat vcera. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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