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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 16:55:26 +0100
From:      Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org>
To:        Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
Cc:        "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, ambein@mac.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Configuring FreeBSD v.2.2.7 with a PCI modem
Message-ID:  <20020527155526.GC1409@irrelevant.org>
In-Reply-To: <200205271459.g4RExGw12833@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
References:  <00d701c2045a$2c9dc4e0$ceec910c@daleco> <200205271459.g4RExGw12833@lv.raad.tartu.ee>

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On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 05:54:53PM +0300, Toomas Aas wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > I'm unclear whether I'm totally correct, but "FBSD doesn't support
> > internal modems" is something I see quite often on these lists. 
> 
> AFAIK FreeBSD does support internal modems, as long as they are not 
> "winmodems". So, I would correct the statement above to "FBSD 
> doesn't support vast majority of winmodems". 

Sounds closer, I have a hardware PCI modem in my 4.5 server which works
fine :)

> Another thought - using the latest version of FreeBSD, which 
> is 4.5, *might* give better results. FreeBSD 2.2.7 is quite old.

From a quick look, I don't believe 2.2.7 supports PCI serial 
ports/modems. So yeah, upgrading would be the best idea :)

-- 
Simon Dick					simond@irrelevant.org

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