From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 6 8:37: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from almazs.pacex.net (almazs.pacex.net [204.1.219.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1131156CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:36:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danielb@almazs.pacex.net) Received: from localhost (danielb@localhost) by almazs.pacex.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA40544; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:36:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:36:30 -0800 (PST) From: daniel B To: "Stapley, Peter J." Cc: "'tracker@worldy.com'" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Win modem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Stapley, Peter J. wrote: > The whole purpose of a win modem is that windows will do a lot of the work > of a regular modem that's why they are cheap and why they only work under > windows. I believe you are out of luck. Anyone correct me if I am wrong. > They don't even work right with windows sometimes! I nkow people that got slow connections and unexpected disconnects e.t.c get-rid-of-it and buy a USR external even used if you can get one. Dan > Peter Stapley > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Banning [mailto:tracker@worldy.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 3:55 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Win modem > > > I have a Spirit 56K PCI modem - which I believe someone told me > is a win modem - not usable with freebsd 2.2.8 - since then I have not > been able to use my freebsd online. > > 1. is there support for this modem with version 3.3? > > 2. If so, is it possible to download the upgrade on windows, and then > install the upgrade when I fire up freebsd? > > Thanks, > > Dave Banning > tracker@worldy.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message