From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 13 23:54:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA27774 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:54:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from earth.infinetconsulting.com (earth.infinetconsulting.com [207.23.43.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id XAA27742; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:53:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lenc@localhost) by earth.infinetconsulting.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA11340; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:08:07 -0800 Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:08:07 -0800 (PST) From: Leonard Chua To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reliable modems? - How about if I do this...? In-Reply-To: <199701130543.WAA23847@rocky.mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks to the many kind folks for their replies. I had about 5 replies in favor of USR Couriers, and a couple for MultiTech, and several others as well. We have decided to spend a bunch of $$$ to do some tests to help us decide. So what I'll do for now is to buy a handfull of various vendors' modems and test them against each other (various permutations and combinations). To speed things along, I'll probably post a bunch of questions in the like of "This XXX modem won't talk to FreeBSD, .....??" Oh, and if anyone would like to suggest what tests I should include, I would certainly appreciate it. Any pitfalls, hazards and common mistakes to watch out for too, thanks. When I'm done, I'll put up the results for everyone to take pot shots at :) (Heck, if all are in reasonable agreement, it might even make it to the FAQ). If anyone has any other modems/vendors to reccommend, I'll try my best to get it too (subject to it being available locally or at least via a North American distribution warehouse/site). Again, many thanks! Regards. Len.