From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 23 3:13: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D6514CFB for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 03:13:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mailing@toba.rhein-neckar.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id MAA20048 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:13:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mailing@toba.rhein-neckar.de) Received: (from mailing@localhost) by diaguita.inti.huasi (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA03221; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:08:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mailing) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:08:00 +0100 From: "A. Satow" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD happy modems Message-ID: <19991223120800.A2697@diaguita.inti.huasi> Reply-To: mailing@toba.rhein-neckar.de References: <3861C723.498EC83A@iexposure.com> <050801bf4d14$32d57d80$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <050801bf4d14$32d57d80$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com>; from majid@ibroadcast.net on Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 11:06:02PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 11:06:02PM -0800, Majid Almassari wrote: > You got that right. If you have a Serial port avialable, I would get an > External USR Modem Well, it also depends on what software you are going to run and what you are going to do. I use an USR 56K (external) VoiceFaxmodem, Sportster. Data: It is quite OK, it runs well (FreeBSD 3.4 stable) Fax: Poor. Class2.0 badly implemented. Hylafax installation with this modem is very cumbersome. And at least you cannot rely 100% on the modem. (Besides: Winfax (fax softw. for Windows) also advices to use Class1 for faxing with USR Sportster). Bye Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message