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Date:      Fri, 3 Mar 2000 20:02:20 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Ash, Uriel" <uriel.ash@honeywell.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I'm looking for a modem\
Message-ID:  <20000303200220.F16946@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <F388E1BD1E11D211BD850008C7F4A5DE02530085@TEBEX106>
References:  <F388E1BD1E11D211BD850008C7F4A5DE02530085@TEBEX106>

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Ash, Uriel wrote:

> I have just recently installed FreeBSd on my system at home and
> currently have a Dell Dimension XPS with 196 Meg RAM and a MDP3990
> telephony PCI winmodem from Aztech. I read on the questions yesterday
> that winmodems are not really configurable with FreeBSD. I thereore
> need to buy another modem. Are there any in particular that you
> suggest???

I think almost any external modem will work (I use a cheap Tashika
modem). If the price isn't important, a 3COM/USR would probably be the
best choice.

> I have no preference for either internal or external.

External. I think a lot of internal models are secretly Winmodems
without telling you so.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D


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