From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 16 04:09:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA18239 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 04:09:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thelab.hub.org (hal-ns1-40.netcom.ca [207.181.94.104]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA18228 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 04:09:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thelab.hub.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thelab.hub.org (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id IAA20969; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:09:37 -0300 (ADT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:09:37 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker To: Doug White cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exhausting modem problems ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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