Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:08:09 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> Cc: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are there any supported ISDN PCMCIA Cards for use in DE? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208061604520.1828-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <200208062057.g76Kvso9015785@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > John Utz writes: > > Hi; > > > > Having looked at the freebsd-isdn archives. i am guessing that the answer > > is no. > > > > but it seemed smart to ask you guys. > > > > my situation is that i have to travel to germany every couple of months > > and my best chance to check my corporate email is via the isdn port in the > > hotel. > > > > i cant check my corporate email from the office that i work in when i am > > in DE because the large multinational that i work for has seen fit to > > implement some remarkable firewalling policies. :-( > > > > any help would be appreciated. > > > > There seems to be some really cheap ISDN cards on the US ebay site, but i > > dont fully understand the 'flavors' of ISDN and i wouldnt be sure that > > they would work in DE, using windows, amiga, beos, freebsd or otherwise... > > :-) > > > > if the US Robotics cards that i am seeing listed their as Buy It Now for > > us$19.95 would work in DE with a driver port, i'd be willing to buy 2 and > > send one to a willing coder. > > > > plz let me know if i have any path to success, because if i dont have one, > > i need to start thinking about doing my email via my motorola GSM phone > > or something... > > > > Well, at one time there were a few supported PCMCIA cards, as > documented by this: oh good, so i am not crazy. i had seen this somewhere, but i couldnt find it in 4.6 anywhere. > <quote> > There is support for PCCARD in i4b layer1 now. Currently supported > are the AVM Fritz!Card on FreeBSD, OpenBSD (untested) and NetBSD, > and the ELSA MicroLink MC and MC/all on NetBSD and probably OpenBSD, > and the ELSA MicroLink MC on FreeBSD. > </quote> > > This is from an old distribution of I4B. > > According to the code the AVM Fritz!Card PCMCIA is still supported, > but who knows whether you can still buy one today. hmm, ebay? ebay.de? tnx for your response! it's a place to start.... > --- > Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org gj@denx.de > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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