From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 22:12:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f210.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB6C37B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from burnscharlesn@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:12:18 -0700 Received: from 64.20.170.2 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 05:12:18 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.20.170.2] From: "Charles Burns" To: muaddib@slackwarebrasil.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: WinModem Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:12:18 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Apr 2001 05:12:18.0603 (UTC) FILETIME=[7732E7B0:01C0CE0F] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Hi > >I have a questions: > >1) Lucent WinModem 56k works in FreeBSD? > >Thanks I have a answers: Nope. Real modems (AKA modems that don't eat your CPU alive and make your system slow to a crawl) aren't really expensive. You can get the very very good 3Com Performance Pro modem for less than $70. It's a REAL modem, it is supported by every operating system that is worth its weight in dirt (and Windows) and will let your CPU do something more appropriate for its design. Winmodems will almost certainly never be supported unless a single model becomes dominant before narrow-band modems die. The reason for this is that they do all of their MoDem stuff (Modulation and demodulation of analog and digital signals) in software. Thus, each one requires a very complex piece of software (the "driver"). Because most modems require a different one, and because most companies don't release the intimate details of their "designs", and because most of the people that are coding-literate enough to write such a piece of software don't use Winmodems, future support of Winmodems is unlikely. Most Winmodems don't even work with all versions of Windows. In fact, when a new version comes out, you usually have to wait a period of time equal to a month on into infinity for a new driver (technically a new modem). Winmodems=bad. If you can afford to use a real one, I am certain that any competant person that you ask--even a non-Unix user, will agree. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message