Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:22:17 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (win?)modem Message-ID: <42D2C6E9.5000102@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3447.217.166.224.200.1121109457.squirrel@www.van-steenbeek.net> References: <3447.217.166.224.200.1121109457.squirrel@www.van-steenbeek.net>
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Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek wrote: >Hey folks! > >As a long time user of FreeBSD, I have come to a problem I cannot solve >alone :) So your help is apreciated... > >I have moved to an appartement where I have to rely on a modem for the >time being. DSL is following soon, but until then I have purchased a modem >wich claims to be a hardware modem. The main chip on the device says: > >Conexant <- bad news? >RHS6D/SP-PCI <- google gives no avail... >R6795-11 / >F21824.2 <- whatever... >0011 MEXICO \ > >In Windows XP (wich I installed because FreeBSD didnt detect the darn >thing) the device is recognized as "best data data fax modem" and working. >It deems the device to be using IRQ 17 and I/O EC00-EC07, but telling this >to device.hints doesnt work (irq out of bitmap). The hardware string >Windows gives me is: PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_1085&SUBSYS_108514F1&REV_89. > >>From the looks of it I've come to think this is a software WinModem, but I >do not doubt that this can be just one of the posibilities of the device, >and thus used by Windows (easy road). > >Is there any way to get this thing working with FreeBSD (5.4)? Or is this >indeed a dreaded WinModem? > >Please help me with this :) And please CC me, as I am not on this list >right now (modem... bandwith...) Thanks! > > > Look through linmodem.com. They have a nice list on there of true hardware modems, winmodems, etc. -Garrett
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