From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 27 17:52:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA05510 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:52:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA05504 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:52:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA06241; Sun, 28 Dec 1997 12:22:02 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971228122202.11509@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 12:22:02 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Tom Cc: TOKER ONUR , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: several networking questions ... References: <19971227114414.06459@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Tom on Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 01:10:07AM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 01:10:07AM -0800, Tom wrote: > > BTW, _never_ post to both questions and hackers, so don't follow to > both. This is very much a topic for questions, not hackers. Mea culpa. I didn't notice the cross post until after I replied. > 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. Do you have any details? That in itself shouldn't stop it from working. >>> 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? Sorry, I expressed myself incorrectly and insufficiently. It's my understanding that most ISPs don't support multi-line ppp, and the easiest way to get it to work would be to persuade an ISP using FreeBSD to install mpd. Julian indicates other possibilities in another message. Greg