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Date:      Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:40:04 +0100
From:      John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        "frank hagen" <teleport23r@hotmail.com>
Cc:        newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Modem Driver Question!
Message-ID:  <bgc8lug8eknqhatvql5hqe201pmcg175fa@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <OE27X04e1xIjDlRRFKp00011303@hotmail.com>
References:  <OE27X04e1xIjDlRRFKp00011303@hotmail.com>

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"frank hagen" <teleport23r@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am a FreeBSD newbie! I have searched around, but believe no specific
>FreeBSD (or general unix) driver exists for my USRobotics/3Com 56k Fax
>Win modem, which i use to connect to the internet (in Windows).

Win modems are designed for windows.  The windows only software does all
the work that's done by the hardware in a normal modem, so they are not
as efficient as a normal modem.

>I would like to be able to use FreeBSD to access internet, but have no
>idea what solution there might be other than purchasing an older modem,
>for which drivers might exist.

There are plenty of new external serial port modems, all of which will
work well with FreeBSD, and most internal _hardware_ modems will be
fine though they can be a little tricky to set up.

Personally I'd buy external every time.

John.

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