Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:27:40 +0100 From: Marin Krkac <mkrkac@public.srce.hr> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: What about controllerless "hardware" modems? Message-ID: <400A89CC.1060200@public.srce.hr>
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I have an internal "hardware" modem. When I bought it they said it was a hardware modem and it said so on the box too. It has an Intel/Ambient chipset, or more precisely, as the windows driver says, Intel 536ep. But I found out just a few days ago that it's not actually a real hardware modem. It has a DSP but it's controllerless - that part is in software. It's also called a HAM modem (a Host Accelerated Modem). There is a linux driver but I think it's only partially open-source. Is there any chance this modem might work under FreeBSD? Buying a new modem could be an option, but now that I've found out this "hardware" modem isn't exactly what I thought it would be, I'm confused. Besides soft modems, the only cheaper models I could buy are all contorollerless. There are some cheaper external models, but it says that they are also built around the Intel/Ambient chipset, so I don't see how they could be any better, even though they're external (that's really confusing me - so far I thought that there was no way you could go wrong with an external modem). The only thing that's left are the expensive models, like US Robotics. But they are a little too expensive for me, and I really don't see a point in running FreeBSD without a modem. Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks.
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