From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 10 23:51:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from giroc.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD6537BEC5 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 23:51:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicks@giroc.albury.net.au) Received: (from nicks@localhost) by giroc.albury.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA20858; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:50:38 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:50:38 +1000 From: Nick Slager To: Paul Jansen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LT winmodem in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000811165038.A17543@albury.net.au> References: <20000811063737.2763.qmail@web5101.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000811063737.2763.qmail@web5101.mail.yahoo.com>; from vlaero@yahoo.com.au on Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:37:37PM +1000 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Paul Jansen (vlaero@yahoo.com.au): > hi,I have a Netcomm (Australia) IN5692 internal 56K > PCI > modem. I am pretty sure this is a rebranded Lucent > Technologies Winmodem. I know I'm probably goig to > get the response 'get a real modem' but at under AU$45 'Get a real modem' :-) > they are miles cheaper than other modems. > Is there support for the LT winmodem in FreeBSD yet? > If not, is there something that prevents these devices > from working on OS's other than Windows?Thanks. Basically, you're getting what you paid for. Most modem functions in winmodems are implemented in software, which is a great idea, but a stupid idea if you're only going to provide software for one OS. Until Lucent open up the spec for their winmodem implementation, or at the very least provide binaries to support it, FreeBSD's hands are basically tied. FWIW, Netcomm Roadster II (serial, not USB) modems are pretty good. But they're not $45 :-) Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message