Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:14:20 +0000 From: "P.A.Osborne" <P.A.Osborne@ukc.ac.uk> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, "P.A.Osborne" <P.A.Osborne@ukc.ac.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad R31 - Lucent windmodem woes.... Message-ID: <20021125211420.GC9381@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20021125190420.DF3C45D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <3DE26A9B.2A718BC0@softweyr.com> <20021125190420.DF3C45D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:04:20AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I believe IBM is now using the ICH3 chipset which includes the Agre > (nee Lucent) AC'97 WinModem. This is a different beast from the older > Lucent WinModems and, unless something has recently changed, it is not > supported under FreeBSD with the ltmdm port. Yes thats the beast, in which case: rats! > FWIW, under Windows, the new modem is vastly superior to my older > internal modem on my 600E. I get better data rates and more reliable > connections, but it does load the CPU quite a bit. Still, as little as > I use a modem, it would be fine if there was an available driver. Thats my thought exactly - at work the laptop is on the net any way - it would just be nice to be able to dial up on it using FreeBSD than currently being forced to use Windows ( as I am at the moment to ssh to work). Ho hum Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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