Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:01:04 -0700 From: "Pookie" <madriax@garlic.com> To: "'Bruce M Simpson'" <bms@spc.org> Cc: <FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org>, <FreeBSD-Mobile@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Port Replicator Message-ID: <000001c27535$a1a11480$92038bd8@pookie> In-Reply-To: <20021016110340.GI27166@spc.org>
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You seem like you know what your talking, all im trying to do with the serial port is use my external modem, my internal is a dumb winmodem thus I cant use it. From what I understand I have 4 solutions to my modem problems 1. Buy a port replicator 2. Buy a USB Modem 3. Buy a PCMCIA modem 4. Buy a USB-RS232 adapter As far as my research goes a USB modem or PCMCIA modem seems best. I was looking at /etc/defaults/pccard.conf and it had a decent list of USB modems(I amuse they all work within FreeBSD). I could do this. Or get a PCMCIA modem(pccard if im not mistaken). I don't have a lot of money so I buy something it NEEDS to work. So my question is; What solution seems sense to you people and why. And if you've experienced my problem, what did you choose, and be sure to include make and model so I can go out and get the same :) -----Original Message----- From: Bruce M Simpson [mailto:bms@spc.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:04 AM To: Vladimir B. Grebenschikov Cc: Pookie; FreeBSD-Mobile@freebsd.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Replicator On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:48:17PM +0400, Vladimir B. Grebenschikov wrote: > Do not sure about your SONY, but on my VAIO PCG-Z505S I have absolutly > not problem with port replicator with and without AC power. > For me SIO chip actually located on Notebook motherboard and detected > not depending on plugging port replicator. > If I really want to use COM-port I need connect port replicator with > db9 connector. This sounds very similar to how my Z600 works (which works without a hitch, the sio chip is integrated into the notebook's chipset). I would imagine the FX series are similar. If you have a free PCMCIA slot, though, there is always the alternative of a sio card, which are available very inexpensively these days. I would recommend this over the use of a USB-RS232 adapter, because the ASICs used by these products vary widely and may not have driver support. BMS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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