Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:46:43 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: ziplok@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: winmodems :-) Message-ID: <200106291946.f5TJkhc14091@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:54:12 EDT." <20010629185412.JZBS2066.imf17bis.bellsouth.net@[127.0.0.1]>
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> From: <ziplok@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:54:12 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=____993840852705_o9OsaWFF)a > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Someone back me up on this one. I figure that the same problem with > winmodem the Linux crowd has is the same with FreeBSD. Winmodem are > not REAL modems. They are telephone adaptors that depend on their > drivers for carry out the functions of a modem. Real modems have > this ability hardwired in. To use a Winmodem with linux/FreeBSD,you > have to have a drive written for that operation system. I know that > they exist for Linux for some modems, but I'm not sure about > FreeBSD. Winmodems are DSPs with software to perform modem functions. A neat idea in concept, but it seems to be very flawed in execution. The actual name "WinModem" is a trademark of 3Com and is technically not applicable to non-USR/3Com modems. Drivers for at least IBM and Lucent "winmodems" are available for both FreeBSD and Linux. The IBM one is in the ports collection and there has been talk of adding the Lucent one (by far the most common) to the base system. The real problem is that it includes a binary module from Lucent and that is a bit tricky to include in the FreeBSD build system. I don't have the reference to the web location for the Lucent driver, but it has been posted here on more than one occasion. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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