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Date:      Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:10:21 -0700
From:      Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com>
To:        mideyon <leoric@fastlane.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: modem question
Message-ID:  <1690.991128@v-wave.com>
In-Reply-To: <3840DDB7.C9CDEAB6@fastlane.net>
References:  <3840DDB7.C9CDEAB6@fastlane.net>

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on 11/28/1999 12:46 AM, leoric@fastlane.net wrote:
> This is kinda off topic but I am looking to buy a new modem and am
> not exactly sure what I should get. I am of course looking for
> something that works well with freebsd, is external, and is 56k
> v.90. People have reccomended that I get a USR courier but I dont
> want to spend all that money if my connection will not be faster
> than with something like a 56k sportster. With a Hayes Accura
> external 56k I connect at around 31.2 kbps, with an internal 56k
> motorola modemsurfer i get around 33.6 kbps. Could anyone who has
> used these modems estimate what my connection speed with a courier
> might be based on the connect speeds of the other modems or even
> reccomend a different modem? Thnx in advance.

One  of our productions machines functions as a fax server under
FreeBSD
3.3-STABLE  using mgetty+sendfax (from the ports collection) with a
3Com
USRobotics 56K Sportster internal. Works quite well. I don't
recommend a
PCI  based  modem  because (a) they're usually winmodems and (b) all
the
"intelligence"  that  a  ISA  modem  has  [or  the  guts as I explain
to
clients]  is  driven  through  software rather then hardware.
Besides, I
don't  think  FreeBSD  [or Linux for that matter] supports PCI modems
on
the  whole  (or  if they do, very few). I have heard of PCI based
modems
that  have their "intelligence" in the hardware rather then software
but
I've never seen one in real life.

Hope that helps.

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