From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Oct 16 10: 1:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D6537B401; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from windmill-en0.garlic.com (windmill-en0.garlic.com [208.195.160.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E094D43EB3; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:01:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from madriax@garlic.com) Received: from pookie (146.sm7.dialup.garlic.net [216.139.3.146]) by windmill-en0.garlic.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9GH1Ib38640; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:01:19 -0700 From: "Pookie" To: "'Bruce M Simpson'" Cc: , , Subject: RE: Port Replicator Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:01:04 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c27535$a1a11480$92038bd8@pookie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20021016110340.GI27166@spc.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You seem like you know what your talking, all im trying to do with the serial port is use my external modem, my internal is a dumb winmodem thus I cant use it. From what I understand I have 4 solutions to my modem problems 1. Buy a port replicator 2. Buy a USB Modem 3. Buy a PCMCIA modem 4. Buy a USB-RS232 adapter As far as my research goes a USB modem or PCMCIA modem seems best. I was looking at /etc/defaults/pccard.conf and it had a decent list of USB modems(I amuse they all work within FreeBSD). I could do this. Or get a PCMCIA modem(pccard if im not mistaken). I don't have a lot of money so I buy something it NEEDS to work. So my question is; What solution seems sense to you people and why. And if you've experienced my problem, what did you choose, and be sure to include make and model so I can go out and get the same :) -----Original Message----- From: Bruce M Simpson [mailto:bms@spc.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:04 AM To: Vladimir B. Grebenschikov Cc: Pookie; FreeBSD-Mobile@freebsd.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Replicator On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:48:17PM +0400, Vladimir B. Grebenschikov wrote: > Do not sure about your SONY, but on my VAIO PCG-Z505S I have absolutly > not problem with port replicator with and without AC power. > For me SIO chip actually located on Notebook motherboard and detected > not depending on plugging port replicator. > If I really want to use COM-port I need connect port replicator with > db9 connector. This sounds very similar to how my Z600 works (which works without a hitch, the sio chip is integrated into the notebook's chipset). I would imagine the FX series are similar. If you have a free PCMCIA slot, though, there is always the alternative of a sio card, which are available very inexpensively these days. I would recommend this over the use of a USB-RS232 adapter, because the ASICs used by these products vary widely and may not have driver support. BMS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message