From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 19:30:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.ufl.edu (sp28fe.nerdc.ufl.edu [128.227.128.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7333C37B69E for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:30:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ufl.edu (neti.eng.ufl.edu [128.227.235.15]) by smtp.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/2.2.1) with ESMTP id WAA79604; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:30:33 -0500 Message-ID: <3A7E1E9F.690D5CFE@ufl.edu> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 22:31:43 -0500 From: Bob Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en-US,en,en-GB,eo MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jakerivera@ameritech.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with modem in laptop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: JAKE RIVERA=20 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:15 PM > Subject: Problem with modem in laptop > > > I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop and everything works perfectly = > except my modem(Actiontec 56 Modem software). I'm not sure whether is a = > winModem or not. so If my modem is a winModem what can I do to get it = > to work....Or if there's no possible way that winModems would work in = > FreeBSD what kind of modem should I buy, and Do I have to take out the = > internel winModem in order to get the New modem to work properly. Or I = > could just leave the winModem alone and install it in one of the PCI. > WinModems do not work with FreeBSD. I don't think you have to remove the internal modem as long as you don't run out of IRQs for the serial ports. You ought to be able to disable the internal modem in the BIOS. I have an Inspiron 7500 and I use the PCMCIA modem that Dell sells, the "Psion Dacom Gold Card Global 56k+fax modem". It works well, but it isn't cheap (at least not compared to Winmodems). - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message