Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:58:44 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "LIQUID SOUL" <liquidsoul@webmail.co.za> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB modem support Message-ID: <15151.23188.636094.328983@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <80786515@toto.iv>
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LIQUID SOUL <liquidsoul@webmail.co.za> types: > I want to use a USB modem with my FreeBSD 4.2 i saw the it picking the > modem up at ugen0 but when i tried to use this in ppp.conf it crashed > and rebooted . Any ideas on why this happened and how to get the modem > working ? You may need to return it to the store and buy a different one, or get the interface specification out of the manufacturer and get a driver for it written. FreeBSD only supports USB modems that use the USB ACM interface. Modems that don't use that - which pretty much means they use a proprietary interface - aren't supported. If it is supported, it'll be reported as umodem, not ugen. Before giving up hope completely, try building a kernel with the USB modem support built statically. You'll need to have usb and one of uhci or ohci - whichever is recognized by your kernel, or both - as well as umodem. If you're running GENERIC, just add umodem. If you boot that kernel and it's not recognized as a umodem device, it won't work with the current driver. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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