Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:45:19 -0800 From: "Mark Bermal" <mbermal@ucsd.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generic Lucent PNP modem (winmodem?) Message-ID: <199902230845.AAA01013@inet1.inetworld.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990222202723.00a835e0@mail-r> References: <199902230154.RAA28027@inet1.inetworld.net>
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Date sent: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:33:27 -0800 To: "Mark Bermal" <mbermal@ucsd.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Subject: Re: Generic Lucent PNP modem (winmodem?) Thanks for the help, I think it is time to buy another modem. External seems like a viable option, since I never use the serial ports for anything anyways. Anybody else have modem recommendations? > At 05:54 PM 2/22/99 , Mark Bermal wrote: > >I am having problems setting up a generic Lucent based PCI PNP > >modem. Though the bios finds the modem just fine, the kernel can't > >find it, even though I compiled it w/ pnp support. Also, I read > >something about putting the pnp ID# in the sio.c file, but the problem > >is I don't know what the pnp id# is. My bios shows a bunch of > >numbers at boot denoting the card, is it a combination of those? > > Yes, it would be. Something like 4 digits for the manufacturer and 4 digits > for the device type (or modem). > > >Though, I have a suspicion that this modem is one of those > >"Winmodems," though the docs and lucent website don't explicitly > >say so. Does anyone know for sure if Lucent based modems are > >"winmodems?" And, if this modem is in fact a "winmodem," what are > > I've had to install some LT WinModem (Lucent Winmodems). If you're > suspicious, look at the Win95 driver disk's .INF file and look at some of > the descriptions in there. > > >some modem recommendations for a V.90 PCI modem that works > >well under freeBSD? > > Not Lucent... > > >Are generic PCI V.90 modems based on > >Rockwell chips winmodems? I would like to spend under $50, but if I > >must I could go buy a Diamond Supra or USR modem, but those > >cost an arm and a leg. > > Supras are decently priced... about $60 in the San Francisco Bay Area. > > Any particular reason you can't get an ISA or an external modem? > > --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) > ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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