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On Monday 28 June 2004 08:56 pm, j.e.drews@att.net wrote:
> Hi:
>
>  Can anyone recommend an USB external modem, that is controller
> based? I have looked at the FreeBSD laptop compatibility list and
> found none. I have also done a considerable amount of googling and
> only found ones that attach through and RS232 cable. My laptop does
> not have that. I am running FreeBSD 5.2 Current and want to use
> umodem.
>
>                                TIA
>                                Jonathan

Make sure you configure your kernel for both umodem and ucom.

I have a Zoom V90 USB Faxmodem, Model 2986L, that is recognized in 
FreeBSD 4.10 Stable and 5.2.1 Release as ucom0.  I haven't used it on 
these machines before, so I tested the following on FreeBSD 4.10 
desktop:

	> cu -l/dev/ucom0 -s57600
	Connected.

Use at your own risk.

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould