From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 19:51:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55D7106566C for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:51:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1-6.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9A48FC08 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a] (saphire3.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7QJpLAX021295; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:51:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4E57F933.1080303@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:51:15 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Trulsson References: <20110826192102.GA9033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20110826192102.GA9033@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What USB dialup modem WILL work with 8.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:51:24 -0000 On 8/26/2011 3:21 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: >> So I am asking again: does anyone have a dialup modem of any kind which >> works correctly on 8.x to provide ppp-on-demand? If so what is it? > (As for promises about what *will* 100% guaranteed work, which seems to > be what you really want, I am afraid I can't give any. It has been > several years since I last used a dialup modem, so I don't know for > sure what *will* work with todays software, only what should work.) Works for me once umodem is loaded as a kld... # usbconfig show_ifdrv ugen0.1: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen0.1.0: uhub0: ugen1.1: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.1.0: uhub1: ugen1.2: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON ugen1.2.0: umodem0: ugen1.2: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x0002 bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x0baf idProduct = 0x0303 bcdDevice = 0x0200 iManufacturer = 0x0001 iProduct = 0x0002 iSerialNumber = 0x000a <0000002> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 # sysctl -a dev.umodem dev.umodem.0.%desc: AltIf0 dev.umodem.0.%driver: umodem dev.umodem.0.%location: bus=1 hubaddr=2 port=1 devaddr=2 interface=0 dev.umodem.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x0baf product=0x0303 devclass=0x02 devsubclass=0x00 sernum="0000002" release=0x0200 mode=host intclass=0x02 intsubclass=0x02 intprotocol=0x01 ttyname=U0 ttyports=1 dev.umodem.0.%parent: uhub1 # cu -l /dev/cuaU0 Connected ati 5601 OK ati2 OK ati3 U.S. Robotics 56K FAX USB V1.1.0 OK Also just tried this modem below which I am surprised works! http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=60062&vpn=TFM-561U&manufacture=TRENDnet # usbconfig show_ifdrv ugen0.1: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen0.1.0: uhub0: ugen1.1: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.1.0: uhub1: ugen0.2: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen0.2.0: umodem0: ugen0.2: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0110 bDeviceClass = 0x0002 bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x0572 idProduct = 0x1329 bcdDevice = 0x0100 iManufacturer = 0x0001 iProduct = 0x0002 iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <24680246> bNumConfigurations = 0x0002 # cu -l /dev/cuaU0 Connected ati 56000 OK ati2 OK ati3 CX93001-EIS_V0.2002-V92 OK # sysctl -a dev.umodem dev.umodem.0.%desc: Conexant USB Modem, class 2/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2 dev.umodem.0.%driver: umodem dev.umodem.0.%location: bus=1 hubaddr=1 port=0 devaddr=2 interface=0 dev.umodem.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x0572 product=0x1329 devclass=0x02 devsubclass=0x00 sernum="24680246" release=0x0100 mode=host intclass=0x02 intsubclass=0x02 intprotocol=0x01 ttyname=U0 ttyports=1 dev.umodem.0.%parent: uhub0 ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/