From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 27 23:17:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from valu.uninet.ee (valu.uninet.ee [194.204.34.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D2237B401 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:17:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by valu.uninet.ee (Postfix, from userid 1002) id AF3B63640E; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:17:14 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by valu.uninet.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7BB3260D; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:17:14 +0200 (EET) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:17:14 +0200 (EET) From: Taavi Talvik To: Ted Knight Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com at home pci internal DSL Modem In-Reply-To: <3A22FC60.F88FEB5F@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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