From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 22:13:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA23732 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:13:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pm01sm.pmm.mci.net (pm01sm.pmm.mci.net [208.159.126.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA23712 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jms3@mci2000.com) Received: from mci2000.com (usr53-dialup23.mix1.Sacramento.cw.net) by PM01SM.PMM.MCI.NET (PMDF V5.1-10 #27033) with ESMTP id <0F02000P1ZUC61@PM01SM.PMM.MCI.NET> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 05:13:26 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:12:08 -0600 From: John Stevens Subject: PPP install To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <3611BDA8.9F656BB0@mci2000.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-WorldNet (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG PPP install asks for me to choose between the detected COM ports through which to make the PPP connection. The 1st install gave me a choice of 2 COM ports (1&2). My modem was using COM3 at the time, so I assumed that FreeBSD was capable of detecting COMs 1 & 2 only. Consequently, to prepare for the 2nd install, I jumpered my modem card from COM3 to COM2, and from IRQ5 to IRQ3. Then I used the Setup BIOS on bootup to disable my 2nd Serial Port to free up the COM2 resources (port address 02F8 and IRQ3). When I booted with FreeBSD floppy and reached the PPP install screen, it only offered me COM1 for modem connection. FreeBSD didn't even recognize my modem on COM2. My modem is a "Boca Research 28.8Kbps MV.34AI" The following is an excerpt from the Intro section of the Advanced User's Guide for this modem: "The Home Fax Modem, along with the supplied driver software, is designed to take advantage of your system's processor, thus eliminating the need for a standard on-board UART." I am willing to purchase the CD-ROM installation, or copy the essential files to a DOS partition via WIN95 and install from that partition. Before I do this however, I would like to know if I will ever be able to use my Modem with FreeBSD; if not, I may want to give Red Hat Linux a try. Thanks for reading my letter. It's a pleasure to communicate with another Son of God who also happens to be a pc Guru. John Stevens To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message