From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 9 17:48:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA11111 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 17:48:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from cplkagan.globaleyes.net (cplkagan.GlobalEyes.net [209.60.64.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA11106 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 17:48:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from parrothd.globaleys.net (parrothd [192.0.0.29]) by cplkagan.globaleyes.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA01923; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 19:45:28 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19971010004515.00687cc8@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 19:45:15 -0500 To: Jeff Roberts , FreeBSD Questions Discussion List From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: FBSD: Hayes Accura 56K and FreeBSD? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I had no probelms with an externel USR X2, except that I have a slow serail port. :( The USR X2 internels were a different story. I'd assum that the Hayes and USR are pretty much the same, except the USR is better :)... Later At 04:46 PM 10/9/97 -0500, Jeff Roberts wrote: > >Hi, everyone. > >I'm thinking of making the leap from my old USR 144 to a new Hayes Accura >56. Assuming this is not another of these Winmodem deals (the specs from >my vendor are iffy), I don't see any compatibility problems. However, can >the FreeBSD PPP dialout program(s) fully exploit the new modem's speed? >I checked the docs @ freebsd.org, but didn't see anything really >pertaining to performance of higher-speed modems. > >My school will not be up to 56K anytime soon (currently at 28.8K), but I >want to be able to connect with them at their maximum. Is there any >reason that I shouldn't go with this modem? I'm at 2.2.1-R. > >Thanks for any advice you can give me! =) > > >Jeff > >______________________________________________________________________ > > jroberts@ashland.edu >>>> Jeff Roberts <<<< strider@acm.org > Public Key = http://www.ashland.edu/~jroberts/txt/pubkey.asc > Protect your privacy and freedom: http://www.libertarian.org > Messages with subjects like "Hi" or "Question" will get deleted with > the spam. Empty SUBJECT lines get ignored. Peace. >______________________________________________________________________ > > > > >