From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 28 1: 8:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from crash.ab.videon.ca (crash.ab.videon.ca [206.75.216.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C9A14E1A for ; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 01:08:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cwasser@v-wave.com) Received: from area51.v-wave.com (area51.v-wave.com [24.108.26.39]) by crash.ab.videon.ca (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id CAA03865; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:08:34 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:10:21 -0700 From: Chris Wasser X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.36) S/N FBA00CBA Reply-To: Chris Wasser X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1690.991128@v-wave.com> To: mideyon Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modem question In-reply-To: <3840DDB7.C9CDEAB6@fastlane.net> References: <3840DDB7.C9CDEAB6@fastlane.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 on 11/28/1999 12:46 AM, leoric@fastlane.net wrote: > This is kinda off topic but I am looking to buy a new modem and am > not exactly sure what I should get. I am of course looking for > something that works well with freebsd, is external, and is 56k > v.90. People have reccomended that I get a USR courier but I dont > want to spend all that money if my connection will not be faster > than with something like a 56k sportster. With a Hayes Accura > external 56k I connect at around 31.2 kbps, with an internal 56k > motorola modemsurfer i get around 33.6 kbps. Could anyone who has > used these modems estimate what my connection speed with a courier > might be based on the connect speeds of the other modems or even > reccomend a different modem? Thnx in advance. One of our productions machines functions as a fax server under FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE using mgetty+sendfax (from the ports collection) with a 3Com USRobotics 56K Sportster internal. Works quite well. I don't recommend a PCI based modem because (a) they're usually winmodems and (b) all the "intelligence" that a ISA modem has [or the guts as I explain to clients] is driven through software rather then hardware. Besides, I don't think FreeBSD [or Linux for that matter] supports PCI modems on the whole (or if they do, very few). I have heard of PCI based modems that have their "intelligence" in the hardware rather then software but I've never seen one in real life. Hope that helps. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBOEDxfXkOgeFubyAgEQKh0wCfRjsJIE75FqeyLxA1XG2GM+cSha0AoO9e MSkOSPqCr88VBePMIcPeVNm3 =+FSu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message