From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 16 12:29:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58AF37B404 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:29:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D0A25D09; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:29:22 -0800 (PST) To: Christian Weihs Cc: pirat , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft modem list or list of modem that works with freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "16 Feb 2002 05:02:00 +0100." <1013832120.2050.89.camel@void.whitey.at> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:29:22 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20020216202922.0D0A25D09@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Christian Weihs > Date: 16 Feb 2002 05:02:00 +0100 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Am Sa , 2002-02-16 um 05.10 schrieb pirat: > > Softmodems are - if I am right - WinModems. I don't think there > are drivers for UN*X, just for Windoze. But luckily, nearly every > serial or USB modem should work with FreeBSD. This is a common, but incorrect opinion. Most WinModems use Lucent DSPs and are functional with the ltmdm port found in /usr/ports/comms. IBM ACP modems are also usable with the mwavem port in the same place. 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