Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:20:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: neal@nelsonnet.org Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modem Selection Message-ID: <200107230220.f6N2KPI04855@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "22 Jul 2001 19:14:38 PDT." <20010723021438.13595.cpmta@c000.snv.cp.net>
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> I need to get myself a new modem and I was wondering if 4.3-stable supports U
> SB modems? I don't want to spend too much, so it would have to be a no brand
> modem.
You're already risking a lot here. 8) Buy a decent serial modem. 8)
> Is there a USB modem standard or does there need to be a specific driver for
> the modem?
There is a standard, but the cheap modems typically don't follow it.
They're typically USB "winmodems", ie. the DSP is done on the host, and
the "modem" is just a codec and line interfacee.
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