Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:58:33 +0100 From: "Richard Morte" <richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problems with Zoom PCI internal Modem Message-ID: <LOBBKEGHCNEHPLGFIAKPIEMFCAAA.richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dear all, Just thought I'd update you on the zoom modem problems I've been having. The model is the 56k/V90 PCI internal. I spent days trying to get it configured to work under ppp but with no success. It will not respond to any AT commands at all. Nor was it ever recognised by the kernel even with pnp0 configured. Three members of the mailing list responded to my calls for help with the advice to replace the modem with a 'better' one. Now the modem does work fine under Win 95/98. But it, like so many other internal modem cards, is essentially a "Winmodem" which means that not all the processing is done through hardware; instead it is hived off to the OS for Windows to deal with. It appears these modems will not work under FreeBSD. Apparently the ISA version does work OK. To anyone contemplating installing/using a modem - please check if it is a "Winmodem". If it is, or if you are not sure, don't buy/use it because you''ll probably waste an awful lot of time. I tried a 3com external 56K/V90 Fax modem, plugged it in and it worked immediately. A bit more expensive, but at least now I can watch the lights flash! HTH Richard Morte [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>Dear all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>Just thought I'd update you on the zoom modem problems I've been having. The model is the 56k/V90 PCI internal. I spent days trying to get it configured to work under ppp but with no success. It will not respond to any AT commands at all. Nor was it ever recognised by the kernel even with pnp0 configured.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>Three members of the mailing list responded to my calls for help with the advice to replace the modem with a 'better' one. Now the modem does work fine under Win 95/98. But it, like so many other internal modem cards, is essentially a "Winmodem" which means that not all the processing is done through hardware; instead it is hived off to the OS for Windows to deal with. It appears these modems will not work under FreeBSD.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>Apparently the ISA version does work OK.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>To anyone contemplating installing/using a modem - please check if it is a "Winmodem". If it is, or if you are not sure, don't buy/use it because you''ll probably waste an awful lot of time.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>I tried a 3com external 56K/V90 Fax modem, plugged it in and it worked immediately. A bit more expensive, but at least now I can watch the lights flash!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>HTH</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040304713-26091999>Richard Morte</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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