Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:56:24 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "JAKE RIVERA" <jakerivera@ameritech.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem with modem in laptop Message-ID: <00fd01c08ea9$f52da380$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <000a01c08ea4$31cd6920$2fa0b3c7@s9c8y1>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C08EFD.B3252540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just went through that exercise a few weeks ago. After phoning the = Australian distributors of EVERY known breed of PCMCIA modem I couldn't = find one that WASN'T a winmodem. We don't get every product here so its possible that "proper" PCMCIA = modems are available elsewhere in the world. Similarly with GSM ones ..... all the ones known in this part of the = world are software type (winmodems) except for the industrial models = made by Siemens / Ericsson / Falcom. Nokia imply on a few of their = websites that their products are not winmodems, however the ones I've = tried certainly ARE winmodems ... that doesn't surprise me because the = only experience I've had with Nokia has been unfavourable. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JAKE RIVERA=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: Problem with modem in laptop I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop and everything works perfectly = except my modem(Actiontec 56 Modem software). I'm not sure whether is a = winModem or not. so If my modem is a winModem what can I do to get it = to work....Or if there's no possible way that winModems would work in = FreeBSD what kind of modem should I buy, and Do I have to take out the = internel winModem in order to get the New modem to work properly. Or I = could just leave the winModem alone and install it in one of the PCI. ------=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C08EFD.B3252540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just went through that = exercise a few weeks=20 ago. After phoning the Australian distributors of EVERY known breed of = PCMCIA=20 modem I couldn't find one that WASN'T a winmodem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We don't get every product here so its = possible=20 that "proper" PCMCIA modems are available elsewhere in the = world.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Similarly with GSM ones ..... all the = ones known in=20 this part of the world are software type (winmodems) except for the = industrial=20 models made by Siemens / Ericsson / Falcom. Nokia imply on a few of = their=20 websites that their products are not winmodems, however the ones = I've =20 tried certainly ARE winmodems ... that doesn't surprise me because the = only=20 experience I've had with Nokia has been unfavourable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djakerivera@ameritech.net = href=3D"mailto:jakerivera@ameritech.net">JAKE=20 RIVERA</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 04, 2001 = 10:15=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problem with modem in=20 laptop</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop = and everything=20 works perfectly except my modem(Actiontec 56 Modem software). = I'm not=20 sure whether is a winModem or not. so If my modem is a = winModem=20 what can I do to get it to work....Or if there's no possible way that=20 winModems would work in FreeBSD what kind of modem should I buy, and = Do I have=20 to take out the internel winModem in order to get the New modem to = work=20 properly. Or I could just leave the winModem alone and install it in = one of=20 the PCI.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C08EFD.B3252540-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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