Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:25:41 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HSP Modems Message-ID: <4.2.0.25.19990301212314.03de6f00@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903020158010.6622-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac. uk> References: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990301165122.-3962905G-100000@bb-b1-11a>
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At 08:58 PM 3/1/99 , Ben J. Cohen wrote: >> Frequently what you're describing is PNP. It can rarely be truelly >>turned off, there has to be jumpers on the modem itself to do so. If it a >>PNP modem, you'll have to compile PNP options into the Kernal (I have no >>idea if it's already there in 3.x) If it truelly a Winmodem, there will >>probally never be drivers for it... Besides, a Winmodem causes to many >>system resources to be used... something I personally don't like. :) > >I agree with this. > >I'll have to try PNP. > >Thanks... > >Ben. PCTEL HSP modems use the software (i.e. Windows DLL) to generate the data signals. It's a winmodem essentially. My Acer laptop has one built in as well. It eats up processor to handle modem signals, which means a few copies of Netscape opened can affect your modem speed. All in all, they're a cheap solution (hence why OEMs use them) but they are not FreeBSD friendly (or Linux friendly, etc.). Host Signal Processing modems don't fare well on anything that's less than a P200 if you want it to operate at full speed. However they do offer the ability to have upgrades by simply installing new driver software.. You can enable Speakerphone abilities, 56K V90 (etc), Fax, etc. Just by installing software. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP DSS/1024 Public Key ID: 0x409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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