Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:56:35 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> Cc: wayju@paradise.net.nz, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3 questions Message-ID: <200111292256.fATMuZd20933@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:11:07 PST." <20011129120527.Q16958-100000@localhost>
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> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:11:07 -0800 (PST) > From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 wayju@paradise.net.nz wrote: > > > Hi, Im sure that many people have asked this but, > > > > does any of the versions automatically support win modems? > > no. win modems usually require special drivers in the OS. as far as i > know, no one has reverse engineered drivers for these modems on *BSD. > > > Or do the win(lin) modem drivers usually work in your OS? > > search through the various archives, someone may have written a wrapper > for the lin modem drivers so they'll work with *BSD. again, to the best of > my knowledge, no one has done this. Check the archives. This comes up regularly and support for some Lucent and IBM based modem is available and has been for some time. Not all Lucent modems are currently working with the LinModem software. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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