From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 26 02:52:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA29320 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Oct 1997 02:52:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA29315 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 1997 02:52:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA16924; Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:51:35 GMT Message-ID: <19971026105135.64812@pavilion.net> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:51:35 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser To: Jeff Roberts Cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List Subject: Re: FBSD: Hayes Accura 56K and FreeBSD? References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81 In-Reply-To: ; from Jeff Roberts on Thu, Oct 09, 1997 at 04:46:53PM -0500 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Oct 09, 1997 at 04:46:53PM -0500, Jeff Roberts wrote: > > Hi, everyone. > > I'm thinking of making the leap from my old USR 144 to a new Hayes Accura > 56. Assuming this is not another of these Winmodem deals (the specs from > my vendor are iffy), I don't see any compatibility problems. However, can > the FreeBSD PPP dialout program(s) fully exploit the new modem's speed? > I checked the docs @ freebsd.org, but didn't see anything really > pertaining to performance of higher-speed modems. > > My school will not be up to 56K anytime soon (currently at 28.8K), but I > want to be able to connect with them at their maximum. Is there any > reason that I shouldn't go with this modem? I'm at 2.2.1-R. > > Thanks for any advice you can give me! =) I'm evaluating one at the moment with our Max4000 dialups. There are still problems in the 56k code but in all other respects I think that it's an excellent modem. Jo -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]