Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 19:45:15 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu>, FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD: Hayes Accura 56K and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <2.2.32.19971010004515.00687cc8@midwest.net>
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I had no probelms with an externel USR X2, except that I have a slow serail port. :( The USR X2 internels were a different story. I'd assum that the Hayes and USR are pretty much the same, except the USR is better :)... Later At 04:46 PM 10/9/97 -0500, Jeff Roberts wrote: > >Hi, everyone. > >I'm thinking of making the leap from my old USR 144 to a new Hayes Accura >56. Assuming this is not another of these Winmodem deals (the specs from >my vendor are iffy), I don't see any compatibility problems. However, can >the FreeBSD PPP dialout program(s) fully exploit the new modem's speed? >I checked the docs @ freebsd.org, but didn't see anything really >pertaining to performance of higher-speed modems. > >My school will not be up to 56K anytime soon (currently at 28.8K), but I >want to be able to connect with them at their maximum. Is there any >reason that I shouldn't go with this modem? I'm at 2.2.1-R. > >Thanks for any advice you can give me! =) > > >Jeff > >______________________________________________________________________ > > jroberts@ashland.edu >>>> Jeff Roberts <<<< strider@acm.org > Public Key = http://www.ashland.edu/~jroberts/txt/pubkey.asc > Protect your privacy and freedom: http://www.libertarian.org > Messages with subjects like "Hi" or "Question" will get deleted with > the spam. Empty SUBJECT lines get ignored. Peace. >______________________________________________________________________ > > > > >
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