Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 +0000 From: scott.marshall@mail.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Currently available internal PCI hardware modems? Message-ID: <20080326230956.5077A49B6BD@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com>
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As copiously written elsewhere, FreeBSD works best with hardware modems, not WinModems / LinModems. I need to fit an internal PCI fax/modem (for various reasons an external modem is not an option, so sorry if you were about to suggest that). However, I'm having difficulty identifying which internal modems are genuine hardware modems. Internet searches and manufacturers' specifications are inconclusive (PCI cards that are called "hardware" modems turn out not to be, or are no longer available, etc). Contacting manufacturers' tech support either yields no reply, or again inconclusive responses. So, my question please is: can anyone provide details (eg manufacturer, model number, retailer) of any genuine hardware PCI fax/modems, that are currently available (March 2008), and preferably available in UK. If you have actually used one with FreeBSD and can confirm that it works, that would be even better! (NB the 'fax' part of fax/modem is important, as that's actually the main reason for needing it!) (Or if there is a webpage somewhere with this info already, a link to it would be great! As above, my googling (and searching of this mailing list) hasn't yielded anything definitive) [To clarify: by "hardware" PCI modem, I mean a PCI card that has all modem control functions on the card, and requires no software control at the modem level from the computer. To the computer and o/s, the card just looks like a 'tty' serial port, exactly the same as a normal serial port to which an external modem would be connected (except in this case the modem is embedded in the PCI card). So one just runs modem/fax/whatever applications (or even a raw terminal emulator!) that send 'AT' commands etc to this port]. Many thanks for any help, Scott
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