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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:45:19 -0800
From:      "Mark Bermal" <mbermal@ucsd.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Generic Lucent PNP modem (winmodem?)
Message-ID:  <199902230845.AAA01013@inet1.inetworld.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990222202723.00a835e0@mail-r>
References:  <199902230154.RAA28027@inet1.inetworld.net>

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Date sent:      	Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:33:27 -0800
To:             	"Mark Bermal" <mbermal@ucsd.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From:           	Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Subject:        	Re: Generic Lucent PNP modem (winmodem?)

Thanks for the help, I think it is time to buy another modem. External 
seems like a viable option, since I never use the serial ports for 
anything anyways. Anybody else have modem recommendations?

> At 05:54 PM 2/22/99 , Mark Bermal wrote:
> >I am having problems setting up a generic Lucent based PCI PNP 
> >modem. Though the bios finds the modem just fine, the kernel can't 
> >find it, even though I compiled it w/ pnp support. Also, I read 
> >something about putting the pnp ID# in the sio.c file, but the problem 
> >is I don't know what the pnp id# is. My bios shows a bunch of 
> >numbers at boot denoting the card, is it a combination of those?
> 
> Yes, it would be. Something like 4 digits for the manufacturer and 4 digits
> for the device type (or modem).
> 
> >Though, I have a suspicion that this modem is one of those 
> >"Winmodems," though the docs and lucent website don't explicitly 
> >say so. Does anyone know for sure if Lucent based modems are 
> >"winmodems?" And, if this modem is in fact a "winmodem," what are 
> 
> I've had to install some LT WinModem (Lucent Winmodems). If you're
> suspicious, look at the Win95 driver disk's .INF file and look at some of
> the descriptions in there.
> 
> >some modem recommendations for a V.90 PCI modem that works 
> >well under freeBSD?
> 
> Not Lucent...
> 
> >Are generic PCI V.90 modems based on 
> >Rockwell chips winmodems? I would like to spend under $50, but if I 
> >must I could go buy a Diamond Supra or USR modem, but those 
> >cost an arm and a leg.
> 
> Supras are decently priced... about $60 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
> 
> Any particular reason you can't get an ISA or an external modem?
> 
> --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com )
> ICQ UIN: 692441 (  ludwigp@email.com  )
> 




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