Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:17:14 +0200 (EET) From: Taavi Talvik <taavi@uninet.ee> To: Ted Knight <efknight@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com at home pci internal DSL Modem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011280915250.21101-100000@valu.uninet.ee> In-Reply-To: <3A22FC60.F88FEB5F@bellsouth.net>
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Ted Knight wrote: > DSL has now become available to me through Bellsouth.net, my ISP. They > are now primarily providing the 3Com at home PCI internal DSL modem for > self-install. From what I read most Baby Bells are switching to this > card. It appears they are using PPPoA. > > Is there, by any chance, work being done to develop a driver for this > device for FreeBSD? > > I have spoken to Bellsouth.net about getting an Alcatel Speed Touch > external to use with a NIC, they won't do it. 3Com uses IDT77222 Micro Sar for which documentation is readily available (and linux driver). But similar to other internal PCI ADSL modems, it requires ADSL DMT firmware, which is not publicly available. best regards, taavi ----------------------------------------------------------- Taavi Talvik | Internet: taavi@uninet.ee AS Uninet | phone: +372 6405169 Parnu mnt. 105 | fax: +372 6405151 Tallinn 11312, Estonia | gsm: +372 56569996 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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