Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:09:37 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exhausting modem problems ... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970416080723.219z-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970415221520.13247I-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Doug White wrote:
> > Just over a month ago, I upgraded my systems modem from an
> > external 28.8 to an internal 33.6. The modem is called a Magitronic
> > and that's about all I know about it. Standard modem manual comes with
> > it...
>
> Good -> cheap. You couldn't upgrade the external? Most manufacturers
> will upgrade you for cheap or, in the case of Supra, it's just a flash
> upgrade. I've seen more of this change blow up and die under FreeBSD.
> Face it people, internal modem flaunt the serial port standard and
> *won't*work*.
*groan* Point in favor of *ack* MicroSloth...this modem is supposedly
rock-solid under a friends Windows box...
> > Can anyone suggest what I might want to look into to determine which
> > end of the connection is having the problems? All I know now is that no
> > packets are getting through.
>
> Get rid of your internal and upgrade your external? :) I have *never*
> trusted internals. I can't watch their lights and make sure they aren't
> doing evil things behind my back.
Oh well, guess I'll have to live with it until I can afford to
upgrade :( It was given as a gift from a friend, and since it was a higher
speed, I gave me old external 28.8 to my sister...3 provinces away...to
use on her computer :(
> As you can tell, I'm touchy about this. :)
That's okay...if it wasn't free and a higher speed then what I
was using, I would have run scared...I'm pretty much of the same opinion
about internals :( Guess I just got my reminder as to why ... :(
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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