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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:20:33 -0400
From:      Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD laptop with:  56k modem, ethernet, Xfree86
Message-ID:  <20030610202033.GF91308@laptop.lambertfam.org>
In-Reply-To: <bc5dmd$6kh$1@main.gmane.org>
References:  <bc58qa$aff$1@main.gmane.org> <bc5dmd$6kh$1@main.gmane.org>

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:12:32PM +0200, culley harrelson wrote:
> culley harrelson wrote:
> >I need to set up a freebsd laptop with a 56k modem, ethernet and 
> >Xfree86.  Does anyone have any recommendations for me?  I am more 
> >concerned about purchasing hardware that will work than I am concerned 
> >about price.
> >
> 
> Reading some more it looks like most laptops come with winmodems that do 
> not work.  But there is no reason why an external modem couldn't be 
> hooked up through the com port eh?  That should open things up for me...

There are also the PCMCIA based modems.  I used one for a year.  But
now, my Lucent Winmodem works for me using the ltmdm port.

-- 
Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
lambert@lambertfam.org      



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