From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 23:07:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA00104 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:07:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from myname.my.domain (kel113.silk.net [204.244.76.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA29990 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:07:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) Received: from localhost (eddie@localhost) by myname.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA01474; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:11:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) X-Authentication-Warning: myname.my.domain: eddie owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:11:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Eddie Lawhead X-Sender: eddie@localhost To: John Stevens cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP install In-Reply-To: <3611BDA8.9F656BB0@mci2000.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Sounds like a winmodem to me. If it is it won't work with anything but windows. Try it in DOS, if it work there, and I suspect it won't you are out of luck. These modems are garbage (IMO). You save 5-10 bucks on them but it is definitly not worth it. I used RH for a while then switched to FreeBSD 'cause it seems a lot more like a true UNIX system. RH is nice but there are a lot of hacks to make things more "user friendly" that may cause confusion if you go to another UNIX OS. Good Luck, Eddie Lawhead eddie@silk.net On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, John Stevens wrote: > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message