From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 16 10:45:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA16288 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16278 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA01285; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:44:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:44:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: The Hermit Hacker 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 Wed, 16 Apr 1997, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > 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... Heh, bad RAM is "rock solid" under a Windows box. If it's Windows compatible, it cuts corners. Case in point, my laptop. Has a wonderful 'certified DOS and Windows compatible' sticker on it, and OS/2 can barely stand the thing. > > > 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 :( Oh, I see. It's hard to turn away gifts, no matter how cheap... > > > 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 ... :( Oh well... I suppose you could play with the settings. Try moving it to COM1 or COM2 and see if FreeBSD will pick it up then. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major