From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 23:53:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CA11065672 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:53:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scott.marshall@mail.com) Received: from fallback.us4.outblaze.com (fallback.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B99918FC24 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:53:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scott.marshall@mail.com) Received: from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com (webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.67]) by fallback.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F3C21C004D4 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 180.9.168.192.in-addr.arpa (180.9.168.192.in-addr.arpa [192.168.9.180]) by webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with QMQP id 6650618001A9 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 +0000 (GMT) X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.123) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 -0000 Received: by ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5077A49B6BD; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 +0000 (GMT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: scott.marshall@mail.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 +0000 Received: from [82.15.251.120] by ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com with http for scott.marshall@mail.com; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:09:56 +0000 X-Originating-Ip: 82.15.251.120 X-Originating-Server: ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com Message-Id: <20080326230956.5077A49B6BD@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> Subject: Currently available internal PCI hardware modems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:53:38 -0000 As copiously written elsewhere, FreeBSD works best with hardware modems, no= t WinModems / LinModems. I need to fit an internal PCI fax/modem (for various reasons an external mo= dem is not an option, so sorry if you were about to suggest that). However, I'm having difficulty identifying which internal modems are genuin= e hardware modems.=A0 Internet searches and manufacturers' specifications a= re inconclusive (PCI cards that are called "hardware" modems turn out not t= o be, or are no longer available, etc).=A0 Contacting manufacturers' tech s= upport either yields no reply, or again inconclusive responses. So, my question please is: can anyone provide details (eg manufacturer, mod= el number, retailer) of any genuine hardware PCI fax/modems, that are curre= ntly available (March 2008), and preferably available in UK.=A0 If you have= actually used one with FreeBSD and can confirm that it works, that would b= e even better!=A0 (NB the 'fax' part of fax/modem is important, as that's a= ctually the main reason for needing it!) (Or if there is a webpage somewhere with this info already, a link to it wo= uld be great! As above, my googling (and searching of this mailing list) h= asn'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 mode= m level from the computer.=A0 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 emb= edded in the PCI card).=A0 So one just runs modem/fax/whatever applications= (or even a raw terminal emulator!) that send 'AT' commands etc to this por= t]. Many thanks for any help, Scott