From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 9 23:23:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8600716A4CE for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 23:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D321E43D4C for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 23:23:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4A6NUTG052119; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:23:30 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:23:30 +1000 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F643F0F; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:23:24 +1000 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: Paul Tan In-Reply-To: <409F12BF.3090509@paultan.org> References: <20040510043201.50561.qmail@web20503.mail.yahoo.com> <409F12BF.3090509@paultan.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1084170203.85772.27.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 16:23:24 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsdquestions Subject: Re: Help: Tip on Buying External modem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 06:23:34 -0000 Com port style always ... (real modems are _REAL_ modems with lotsa useful LEDS, and DB25 connectors... ) USB types dont understand all the control lines ie CD DTR RTS and dont work well in the dialin mode (hylafax hates them...) mjt On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:27, Paul Tan wrote: > Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > > Sir, > > I've post something about my internal modem and > > unfortunately you've replied that there could be no > > possible solution in using a winmodem except if you > > are expert in either linux or freebsd. > > My question is, if ever I will buy an external > > modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money > > for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the > > two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is > > connected to serial port(com port)? > > > > Get the COM port one. For me I prefer something with a Conexant chipset. > Has worked well for me throughout the years. Some USB ones are Winmodems. > > -- > > cheers, > > Paul Tan > paul@paultan.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************