From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 3 22:31: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 281A237B40C for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 15e8ng-00047g-00; Tue, 04 Sep 2001 05:31:04 +0000 Received: by buffy.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mailhost, from userid 500) id 78F49B66E; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 07:27:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 07:27:48 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson To: Devin Smith Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com Subject: Re: modem needed Message-ID: <20010904072748.B2578@raggedclown.net> References: <20010904031034.28487@mail.rintrah.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20010904031034.28487@mail.rintrah.org>; from devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:10:34PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:10:34PM -0400, Devin Smith wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I need to buy a modem this week for my P120 freebsd 4.3 box. Every time I > >look for one, I can never tell if it's a crappy winmodem or not. > > > >What do I look for? Any models you can recommend? I do want it to be cheap > >cuz it will only be used as backup if dsl goes down (which with routed idsl, > >rarely happens). > > > >I know most the modems out there are win modems, but they hide it. Even a > >zoom modem for $80 I saw was a winmodem (I read review). > > > >Please advise. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Doug. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > If it says it works with DOS or Windows 3.1, it's not a winmodem. If it > requires Windows 9x/NT/2000, it likely is a winmodem. > > --devin I believe winmodems are almost always internal PCI ones. However not all internal PCI modems are winmodems. Something on the box should give a hint. Or use an external modem..but they cost more of course. (But you do get twinkling lights thrown in...) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message