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Date:      Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:29:22 -0800
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Christian Weihs <c.weihs@whitey.at>
Cc:        pirat <pirat@access.inet.co.th>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: soft modem list or list of modem that works with freebsd 
Message-ID:  <20020216202922.0D0A25D09@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Feb 2002 05:02:00 %2B0100." <1013832120.2050.89.camel@void.whitey.at> 

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> From: Christian Weihs <c.weihs@whitey.at>
> 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

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