From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 9 16:48:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E22479 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:48:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEF8FD03 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.49]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29838A72C7F for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:48:00 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 14369 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2013 16:47:59 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 15974, pid: 5544, t: 0.1737s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:10739 Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 9 Jan 2013 16:47:59 -0000 Received: from lowell-desk.lan (lowell-desk.lan [172.30.250.8]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B58933C1D; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:47:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by lowell-desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id B2F6D39855; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:47:53 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert To: "Zyumbilev\, Peter" , Jack Mc Lauren Subject: Re: installing a new device driver References: <1357726153.65344.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1357727151.2340.13.camel@q> <1357730185.55465.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <50ED543D.6040400@aboutsupport.com> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:47:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50ED543D.6040400@aboutsupport.com> (Peter Zyumbilev's message of "Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:27:57 +0200") Message-ID: <44d2xeuwue.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:48:07 -0000 "Zyumbilev, Peter" writes: > On 09/01/2013 13:16, Jack Mc Lauren wrote: >> This is the output of pciconf -lv : >> >> vendor = 'FarSite Communications Limited' >> device = 'G.SHDSL Intelligent Sync Comms Card (FarSync DSL-S1)' >> class = simple comms >> >> So what is the next step ? >> > > > I would strongly advise connect to the modem via network cable and TCP/IP. Since the "modem" is a PCI card, plugging it into the computer and connecting to it over the PCI bus is required. Talking to the device through the serial driver is correct. First it's necessary to know whether this card requires a firmware download. I would guess probably not, but I can't find any definitive information on it to be sure. Second it's necessary to know what kind of connection the ISP expects it to make, in order to configure it. Very likely either mpd or ppp will be able to work with it. The appropriate serial device may be the one at the start of the line preceding the pciconf output we were shown.