From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 27 01:22:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA15883 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:22:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA15859 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xlsG2-000794-00; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:10:10 -0800 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:10:07 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Greg Lehey cc: TOKER ONUR , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: several networking questions ... In-Reply-To: <19971227114414.06459@lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk BTW, _never_ post to both questions and hackers, so don't follow to both. This is very much a topic for questions, not hackers. On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > > If yes, which architectures are supported ? > > The Hayes command set, at least. I've heard of things called > Winmodems, which appear to lose. Some people say they won't work, but > I don't know anything about them. I've never had difficulty getting > modems to work, though. What most people call a "WinModem" (ex. USR WinModem) does not present a 16450/16550 UART interface to the system, and therefore can't be used. ... > > If yes how ? > > You'll need mpd (multi-line ppp). The problem is, so will your ISP. > You'll need to find one who's also running FreeBSD, and who is Why is that? Tom