What USB dialup modem WILL work with 8.2?
Mike Tancsa
mike at sentex.net
Fri Aug 26 19:51:24 UTC 2011
On 8/26/2011 3:21 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote:
>> So I am asking again: does anyone have a dialup modem of any kind which
>> works correctly on 8.x to provide ppp-on-demand? If so what is it?
> (As for promises about what *will* 100% guaranteed work, which seems to
> be what you really want, I am afraid I can't give any. It has been
> several years since I last used a dialup modem, so I don't know for
> sure what *will* work with todays software, only what should work.)
Works for me once umodem is loaded as a kld...
# usbconfig show_ifdrv
ugen0.1: <OHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE
ugen0.1.0: uhub0: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1>
ugen1.1: <EHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE
ugen1.1.0: uhub1: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1>
ugen1.2: <USB Modem U.S.Robotics> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen1.2.0: umodem0: <AltIf0>
ugen1.2: <USB Modem U.S.Robotics> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
bLength = 0x0012
bDescriptorType = 0x0001
bcdUSB = 0x0200
bDeviceClass = 0x0002
bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
idVendor = 0x0baf
idProduct = 0x0303
bcdDevice = 0x0200
iManufacturer = 0x0001 <U.S.Robotics>
iProduct = 0x0002 <USB Modem>
iSerialNumber = 0x000a <0000002>
bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
# sysctl -a dev.umodem
dev.umodem.0.%desc: AltIf0
dev.umodem.0.%driver: umodem
dev.umodem.0.%location: bus=1 hubaddr=2 port=1 devaddr=2 interface=0
dev.umodem.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x0baf product=0x0303 devclass=0x02 devsubclass=0x00 sernum="0000002" release=0x0200 mode=host intclass=0x02 intsubclass=0x02 intprotocol=0x01 ttyname=U0 ttyports=1
dev.umodem.0.%parent: uhub1
# cu -l /dev/cuaU0
Connected
ati
5601
OK
ati2
OK
ati3
U.S. Robotics 56K FAX USB V1.1.0
OK
Also just tried this modem below which I am surprised works!
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=60062&vpn=TFM-561U&manufacture=TRENDnet
# usbconfig show_ifdrv
ugen0.1: <OHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE
ugen0.1.0: uhub0: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1>
ugen1.1: <EHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE
ugen1.1.0: uhub1: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1>
ugen0.2: <USB Modem Conexant> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen0.2.0: umodem0: <Conexant USB Modem, class 2/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2>
ugen0.2: <USB Modem Conexant> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
bLength = 0x0012
bDescriptorType = 0x0001
bcdUSB = 0x0110
bDeviceClass = 0x0002
bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
idVendor = 0x0572
idProduct = 0x1329
bcdDevice = 0x0100
iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Conexant>
iProduct = 0x0002 <USB Modem>
iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <24680246>
bNumConfigurations = 0x0002
# cu -l /dev/cuaU0
Connected
ati
56000
OK
ati2
OK
ati3
CX93001-EIS_V0.2002-V92
OK
# sysctl -a dev.umodem
dev.umodem.0.%desc: Conexant USB Modem, class 2/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2
dev.umodem.0.%driver: umodem
dev.umodem.0.%location: bus=1 hubaddr=1 port=0 devaddr=2 interface=0
dev.umodem.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x0572 product=0x1329 devclass=0x02 devsubclass=0x00 sernum="24680246" release=0x0100 mode=host intclass=0x02 intsubclass=0x02 intprotocol=0x01 ttyname=U0 ttyports=1
dev.umodem.0.%parent: uhub0
---Mike
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Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400
Sentex Communications, mike at sentex.net
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