From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 27 12:12:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B12437B423 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mark8 (hutch-277.hutchtel.net [206.10.67.205]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id OAA05799; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:12:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <008a01c0105b$f5116480$cd430ace@mark8> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: "Michael D. Hobgood" , References: <00082703072900.06395@Brightstar> Subject: Re: Hardware Support Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:21:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael D. Hobgood" To: Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 3:04 AM Subject: Hardware Support > Several months ago I purchase FreeBSD v3.4. Unfortunately, it did not support > PCI modems. Though I use Linux with an Actiontec PCI modem, I would still like > to use FreeBSD. I have been trying to find out if the latest version supports > PCI modems, but have been unable to get a definitive yes or no. Would you be > so kind as to let me know? > FreeBSD doesn't support winmodems. Most PCI modems are winmodems and therefore are not supported. To be a bit more verbose, winmodems are really half a modem. Windows emulates the rest of the hardware in software. No one will give the FreeBSD team the specs of the chipset used, so therefore they are unable to duplicate this. IF you are stuck with using modem technology, get an external modem. I hate to use statements like, "Every external modem made should work." because I have not used or seen used every external modem made, but I think this is a rare case where it wouldn't be too far from the truth. If you have the option of getting DSL or Cable, do it. No need to spend any more money on old technology like modems. Josh > Cordially > Michael Hobgood > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message