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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:59:58 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Steven Fletcher <stevenf@shellnet.co.uk>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: Nokia 7110 data cable 
Message-ID:  <200101112259.f0BMxwn00829@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>  of "Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:02:12 %2B1030." <XFMail.010112000212.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 

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> On 11-Jan-01 Steven Fletcher wrote:
> >  connections (unlike the DAU-9P). Question is, does anyone know if it needs
> >  any specific drivers, or if the modem will work using PPP just off the back
> >  of the com port? I *suspect* that it won't, but don't want to blow money on
> >  something that won't work under FreeBSD.
> 
> You will need special software. There is a project at http://www.gnokii.org
> (for which I have recently created a new port - yet to be committed) which
> supports the 3810, 5110/6110 and others, but not the 7110 :(

No, the 7110 has a *real* modem in it.  All that's needed is the cable.

> ---
> Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
> for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
> "The nice thing about standards is that there
> are so many of them to choose from."
>   -- Andrew Tanenbaum

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
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