Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 08:41:28 -0400 From: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: "Mauro 01" <mauro.01@libero.it>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Support for US Robotics ISDN Modem PCI Internal Message-ID: <20010509124128.HJUO18323.mta09.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I'm no expert, but I'm fairly certain your problem is the fact that the card is PCI, and not that it could be a winmodem or anything like that. Modems are fairly generic devices that respond to any command you send to your serial port. In the old days, most modems were external and plugged into your external serial port. When we got ISA modems, things were still a snap, since your computer just thought it was an internal serial port. Now-a-days, however, most modems are PCI, which is generally a good thing. The architecture of the modem, however, is still based on serial of days of yonder. The driver that's included with Windows NT 4.0 should be, therefor, more a PCI Serial port driver. Take a look at it under Windows NT 4.0 and see if it shows up on COM3 or COM4. If it does, that's likely what's happening. I've set up a PCI modem with BeOS before, but having been a more recent Unix convert, I've only had to deal with network cards on Unix. (Love my DSL!) Can anyone else point this guy to a PCI modem setup tutorial? Thanks, and good luck! Chris ---- "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> wrote: > This really should have been sent to freebsd-questions .... the > experts tend to get somewhat annoyed with people asking / answering > techo questions in freebsd-newbies :) > > If the thing works in WinNT4 you "may" be in luck. I'm not that > surprised about W2K because its had some significant changes. FreeBSD > is reasonably forgiving with hardware > so its worth trying the nearest best guess. Not having messed with > ISDN cards (cost of ISDN in OZ is criminal) I haven't a clue whether > the generic kernel has support for any of those devices, however a > poke through both the "GENERIC" and the "LINT" kernel config files > might be rewarding > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mauro 01" <mauro.01@libero.it> > To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:34 PM > Subject: R: Support for US Robotics ISDN Modem PCI Internal > > > > Thanks for your reply! > > What I know is that this card works with NT 4.0 (Win2000 is not > supported). > > I don't think this is sort of winmodem for ISDN, but a " "normal" > internal > > ISDN modem. I think that the problem is to know wich kind of chipset > this > > card use, or not!? I saw that other USR card are supported but not > this > > type! So I've to lose any hope!? thanks again > > mauro > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > > Da: Doug Young [mailto:dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au] > > Inviato: mercoledì 9 maggio 2001 7.31 > > A: Mauro; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > > Oggetto: Re: Support for US Robotics ISDN Modem PCI Internal > > > > > > I don't know for sure about the ISDN product but most, if not all, > > internal PCI USR modems are winmodems. > > My experience with winmodems has been that they don't even pretend > to > > work with other than Win98 or WinME, so if theres no relevant info > at > > the USR website maybe you can "borrow" a WinNT4 or W2K system to > test > > the thing. > > > > There was talk of a patch which I understand was borrowed from the > > linux brigade to make those winmodem disasters function in some > > fashion .... sounds to me like an attempt to do the sows ear trick > > though. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mauro" <mauro.01@libero.it> > > To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:43 AM > > Subject: Support for US Robotics ISDN Modem PCI Internal > > > > > > > Hi! > > > I'm new in the FreeBSD world... I'm trying to understand if is > > possible to > > > configure an US Robotics ISDN Modem PCI card with FBSD 4.3. I > > haven't found > > > any information in the ML archive, and the page and links about > ISDN > > in the > > > Handbook is really outdated. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > please, don't force my to use Win... > > > mauro > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com [-- Attachment #2 --] begin:vcard version:3.0 FN:Christopher Jewett N:Jewett;Christopher ;;; ADR:;;3624 Niagara Street;Wayne;MI;48184-1958;; EMAIL;TYPE=internet:ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com TEL;TYPE=voice,fax,pref,msg:(415) 430-2161 x1250 TEL;TYPE=voice,home:(734) 729-2620 TEL;TYPE=voice,work:(248) 324-4458x138 TEL;TYPE=pager:(734) 504-5586 URL:http://www.kantus.com end:vcard [-- Attachment #3 --] ntent-Transfer-Encoding: binary [-- Attachment #4 --] ntent-Transfer-Encoding: binary [-- Attachment #5 --] ntent-Transfer-Encoding: binaryhome | help
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