From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 11 13:56:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA08366 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:56:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA08361 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA03334; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:56:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:56:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Timothy P. Layton, Sr." cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6-RELEASE pcmcia modem question ? In-Reply-To: <199701102203.WAA01103@mail.global-sol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Timothy P. Layton, Sr. wrote: > I installed 2.1.6 and am using my 3com 3C589C ethernet pcmcia card. > > I have a MegaHertz pcmcia modem and would like to use it to dial up > to the internet when I am away from my LAN that has ISDN > connectivity. > > I went into the /etc/pccard.conf.sample file and seen that there is support > for some pcmcia modems. I also looked in my /etc/sysconfig file and noticed > that the pccard line says no. But my 3com ethernet card works. I suppose > this is becasue 2.1.6 supports the 3com card out of the box. Yes. Modems are a different story, however. You may want to look into the PAO pccard patches. They are available at: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/PAO/ The instructions are very complete and easy to follow. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major