From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 12 2:44:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6785037B405 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:44:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:44:14 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C7D@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27Diego_A=2E_Puertas_Fern=E1ndez=27?= Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 3com Winmodem Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:44:11 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I have a 3com/US Robotics modem, the 3CP263594A-OEM, and I > want to install > it on a FreeBSD 4.3 box, but a friend has told me that the modem is a > WinModem and it only works with Windows. > If FreeBSD does not detect it as a serial port it is probably a winmodem. Get yourself an external (non-usb) modem and you'll be all happy. They have pretty flashing lights too, so you can see what's going on on the wire. > > Is that true? and if it is, why can't FreeBSD, or Linux, or > any other UNIX, work with it. > Because the manufacturers do not release the hardware specs to open source developers. This is a FAQ by the way, so search the mailing list archives before posting questions like this. Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message