From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 13:40:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB11337B404 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303B143F93 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP (SSL) id MUA74016 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:40:02 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 651855D04 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:40:02 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Scott Lambert <20030610202033.GF91308@laptop.lambertfam.org> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:40:02 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030610204002.651855D04@ptavv.es.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD laptop with: 56k modem, ethernet, Xfree86 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:40:05 -0000 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:20:33 -0400 > From: Scott Lambert > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:12:32PM +0200, culley harrelson wrote: > > culley harrelson wrote: > > >I need to set up a freebsd laptop with a 56k modem, ethernet and > > >Xfree86. Does anyone have any recommendations for me? I am more > > >concerned about purchasing hardware that will work than I am concerned > > >about price. > > > > > > > Reading some more it looks like most laptops come with winmodems that do > > not work. But there is no reason why an external modem couldn't be > > hooked up through the com port eh? That should open things up for me... > > There are also the PCMCIA based modems. I used one for a year. But > now, my Lucent Winmodem works for me using the ltmdm port. Does this mean that ltmdm now suuports ac'97 modems? Guess I need to try to install it and see if it works on my T30. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634