Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 15:28:11 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Bob Kot" <bobkot@gci-net.com>, "herk" <herk@cwnet.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PCI modems Message-ID: <20010809193045.3E05D37B403@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 10:13:06 -0700, Bob Kot wrote: >>Could anyone tell me if FreeBSD 4.2--my CD release--supports PCI >>modems, and, if they are supported, recommend one know to be working? > >I have the ActionTec...on an Abit KT7-Raid mother board > >from dmesg... >sio0: <ActionTec 56k FAX PCI Modem> port 0xd400-0xd407,0xd000-0xd0ff,0xcc00-0xcc >ff mem 0xda000000-0xda0000ff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0 > >I've had very poor results and consider this modem unusable on FreeBSD. >I've tried it on 4.1-RELEASE 4.2-RELEASE 4.3-RELEASE and a couple of >versions of -current and similar bad results in all cases. >ppp logs HDLC errors. The connection stays up but packet loss gets >so excessive and re-transmission gets so bad that thru-put grinds >to an unusable level. best thing to do it to stick with 3com/usr modems. i have two external sportster 56k with out problems. and stay away from anything that says "Winmodem" or "for windows only". when it comes to modems, generally a $20 modem wont work very well compared to a $100 modem :( --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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