From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 20 21:01:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27680 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:01:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27670 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:01:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA15166; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:50:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806210350.XAA15166@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: help with installing a modem :) In-Reply-To: <199806210302.XAA00669@puppy.easynet.on.ca> from Sasha Secivan at "Jun 20, 98 11:02:21 pm" To: sashas@easynet.on.ca (Sasha Secivan) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:50:20 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sasha Secivan wrote: > hi, > > am new to freeBSD and am having trouble installing my > modem. Is there a step by step guide for installing modems? > if not i d really appreciate couple of hints... > > thanx > sasha The first hint is that if it is a Winmodem, it won't work. (A winmodem is a kind of modem that requires a special driver under W95. There are several manufacturers. They cost about 60% what a real modem does.) If it's not a winmodem, tell us what kind it is, how it is connected, and the output of dmesg. dave -- http://www.microsoft.com/security: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message