From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 25 19: 8:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FF837B400 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from daleco [12.145.226.28] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.06) id A35819B80026; Sat, 25 May 2002 21:07:20 -0500 Message-ID: <00d701c2045a$2c9dc4e0$ceec910c@daleco> From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: "Magnus Bein" , References: <2057828.1022354291949.JavaMail.ambein@mac.com> Subject: Re: Configuring FreeBSD v.2.2.7 with a PCI modem Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 21:08:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Magnus Bein" To: Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 2:18 PM Subject: Configuring FreeBSD v.2.2.7 with a PCI modem > Hi there, > > I just wanted to know if I am going in the right direction. > > I am trying to get a PCI modem by 3Com working. I have installed FreeBSD version 2.2.7 on an old pentium. I know it isn't recognized by the system because it isn't identified during boot-up and I cannot send command to it through userPPP. > > I haven't found the device's I/O address and IRQ (I have some clues) yet. > > Assuming I find these do I rebuild the kernal with a line for this device and/or do I make a device node for it? How do I feed the hardware info (I/o address and IRQ) into the operating system so PPP can interact with the modem? > > I am a little confused with what device node I should use. Is it sio, cuaa, or pci? > > Thank you, > > Magnus > I'm unclear whether I'm totally correct, but "FBSD doesn't support internal modems" is something I see quite often on these lists. And sometimes stated by those I would consider "in the know." There is a supported hardware list somewhere at www.freebsd.org, so I might start looking there. G'luck. Kevin Kinsey, Missouri To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message