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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org>
To: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@onyx.interactive.net>
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Subject: Re: cuaa2 <--?--> sio2?
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Christopher J. Booth wrote:

> Hi, people.
> 
> My modem (internal) in FreeBSD 2.1.5 is on COM3/cuaa2/sio2. [This is a home, 
> stand-alone box for personal use.]
> 
> I have cuaa0 through cuaa2 in /dev, but no sio devices at all. But the mouse, 
> which is on COM2/sio1/cuaa1 is found. I've got nothing on COM1/sio0/cuaa0.
> 
> I get the impression that cuaa is used for dial-out, sio for dial-in 
> communications--if so, do I need sio2 for dialing out via ppp anyway? 
> Ultimately I would like to have everything working, but for now, as I am 
> trying to learn UNIX/FreeBSD at this box, dialing out will be enough for 
> email, internet surfing, etc., downloading software, and generally tooling 
> around in UNIX/FreeBSD. 
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Chris
> 
> Chris Booth
> cbooth@onyx.interactive.net

I'm not sure that the sio#'s are devices; I think they're just internal
system reference.
the cuaa IS for dialout, but the dialin's are the ttyd's.
Can't you move your modem over to com1/cuaa0/ttyd0?
If it's internal, there should be some jumpers on the board that switch it
from COM1/2/3/4; check your manual.

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