From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 26 21:48:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12870 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:48:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from u3.farm.idt.net (root@u3.farm.idt.net [169.132.8.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA12862 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:48:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garycorc@idt.net) Received: from idt.net (ppp-57.ts-1.mlb.idt.net [169.132.71.57]) by u3.farm.idt.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA04978; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:47:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <34CD749F.A2881F7D@idt.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:46:07 -0500 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Horton CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is a good modem? References: <3.0.3.32.19980126202634.00972d40@magibox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael Horton wrote: > What's a good external modem to use with FreeBSD? > If you have a modem working with FreeBSD, would you let me know please. I've been using an external Diamond/Supra (SupraExpress) modem with FreeBSD to dial up my ISP and have not had any problems with it. I'm not saying that it's "better" than other modems, just that it seems to work fine. Concerning Zoom modems which another poster mentioned: I don't know if they've improved in recent years, but in the past Zoom modems were always cheaper - and you got what you paid for - worse performance in comparison tests - so they at least used to be a brand I (personally) would avoid... Gary