Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:48:37 +0200 From: "Niki Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: "Jukka Simila" <home@jukkis.net>, "Zoran Kolic" <kolicz@eunet.yu> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Zoltrix modem Message-ID: <000d01c2c602$69415a00$0300000a@niked> References: <200301260858.32970.kolicz@eunet.yu> <20030126214828.A2655@ns.museum.rain.com> <1043667765.2064.13.camel@localhost>
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> On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 06:48, James Long wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 08:58:32AM +0100, Zoran Kolic wrote: > > > Dear FreeBSD! > > > Hope that someone on the list has > > > expirience with external Zoltrix modem > External? As in > connects-to-serial-and-obeys-standard-AT-commands-external? > > Should have no problems with that, I'd guess. With a quick google > search it seems they use Rockwell chipset, and as far as I know, > that's ok quality. > > > > named Rainbow. It should change my > > > nightmare: lucent winmodem. Maker > > That external will definitely be improvement over win/linmodem.. > > > > has a lot of data about windows com- > > > pability, but freeBSD is not even men- > > > tioned. Should I buy it? (Modem on the > > > machine? Yes, gonna be RELEASE. I have > > > no possibility to cvs or some other fancy > > > thing.) > > > > AFAIK, all external modems work with any fbsd release. Someone > correct me if you know of an exception. > > > > If it is based on the Lucent Winmodem chipset, as you > > say, it might be supported by the /usr/ports/comm/ltmdm > > port. > uh-huh... read the original message again. > > Except maybe USB External modems. I've seen such modems from Acorp and they seem to be "software" like the win/lin modems. IMHO they should be avoided if possible. Aside from the bad quality and probable lack of support/drivers they consume a signifficant amount of CPU power, something that must be taken into account for those with slower machines. Regards, Niki Denev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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