From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 8 10:00:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560EC106566B for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 10:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 132868FC15 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 10:00:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from bb.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.89]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1M2MsZ-0008HU-Uc; Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:32 +0400 To: Andrea Venturoli References: <4A03F71D.1010509@netfence.it> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:31 +0400 In-Reply-To: <4A03F71D.1010509@netfence.it> (Andrea Venturoli's message of "Fri\, 08 May 2009 11\:10\:53 +0200") Message-ID: <90836432@bb.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSM modems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:37 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:10:53 +0200 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I'm working on a project where we need to use GSM modems to be able to > send and receive short messages; right now this is implemented through > SMSTools. Have you ever tried comms/gammu? > We are having a lot of problems like the modem hanging and stopping > any communication with the computer, the modems suddenly saying the > SIM card is bad or that the ISP network is refusing registration. > Most of these are resolved by unplugging/replugging the modem. Did you try to change a cable? Prior to using GSM modems we had tested some mobile phones and had got much trouble with their cables. > I was wondering: > _ can (some of) these problems be FreeBSD related (e.g. USB driver > issue, or something)? So you use USB modems, aren't you? Which FreeBSD version have you tried? If it comes about USB, FreeBSD 8-CURRENT is very nice. It has a rewritten USB stack. And a release is approaching. > _ has anyone had any similar experience? No. But we use comms/gammu and modems with COM interface. > _ can someone suggest a brand/model which works fine? (We tried three > different ones, but all show some glitch). Siemence MC35i is very stable. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve