From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 26 7:12:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zagnut.hotpop.com (zagnut.hotpop.com [204.57.55.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA9314C0F for ; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 07:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ert@hotpop.com) Received: from superonline (unknown [212.252.146.60]) by zagnut.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 27CB363A28; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:12:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001a01bf0828$d0195b60$14000080@com> From: "Ertan Kucukoglu" To: "Richard Morte" Cc: "FreeBSD" References: Subject: Re: Problems with Zoom PCI internal Modem Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 17:09:42 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Dear all, > > Just thought I'd update you on the zoom modem problems I've been having. The > model is the 56k/V90 PCI internal. I spent days trying to get it configured > to work under ppp but with no success. It will not respond to any AT > commands at all. Nor was it ever recognised by the kernel even with pnp0 > configured. > Hello, I think your modem is one of the winmodem series. Winmodems does not run under FreeBSD. > Three members of the mailing list responded to my calls for help with the > advice to replace the modem with a 'better' one. Now the modem does work > fine under Win 95/98. But it, like so many other internal modem cards, is > essentially a "Winmodem" which means that not all the processing is done > through hardware; instead it is hived off to the OS for Windows to deal > with. It appears these modems will not work under FreeBSD. > > Apparently the ISA version does work OK. > Most ISA modems are not Winmodem so there is no problem with them. > To anyone contemplating installing/using a modem - please check if it is a > "Winmodem". If it is, or if you are not sure, don't buy/use it because > you''ll probably waste an awful lot of time. > > I tried a 3com external 56K/V90 Fax modem, plugged it in and it worked > immediately. A bit more expensive, but at least now I can watch the lights > flash! > > HTH > > Richard Morte > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message