Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:49:07 -0500 (EST) From: John Brann <jbrann@brann.org> To: sauber@netcom.com (Soren Dossing) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop built-in modem supported ? Message-ID: <199801072349.SAA03395@freebie.brann.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.980107152122.20254I-100000@netcom13> from Soren Dossing at "Jan 7, 98 03:26:54 pm"
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Soren Dossing wrote... > Many new laptops have built-in modems these days. Are they supported ? Or > do you need to buy an external or pcmcia modem ? > > How do these built-in modems behave anyway ? Are they similar to internal > win-modems (which I believe are not supported) or do they appear as > connected to an internal serial port or pcmcia port ? Well, obviously, no hard and fast answer is possible, but... I have a Toshiba Portege 660 CDT which runs 2.2.5-RELEASE. It has an internal modem on COM2 (/dev/cuaa1) which worked with the basic system from the CD. > > I have read the PAO FAQ and laptop survey, but I'm still confused about > these questions. PAO is generally not necessary, since these modems operat on normal com ports, not the PCMCIA controller. > > Please reply directly since I'm not a subscriber. > > Soren > John -- Prohibit work, prohibit pay - people are dying! Situationist International slogan finger jbrann@doorman.brann.org for pgp public key
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