Dial-up Modem Problems

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.no-ip.com
Tue Jul 1 08:36:46 PDT 2003


Brandon Beamer <jinzougen at jinzougen.net> writes:

> I just installed FreeBSD5.0-RELEASE and I'm trying to set up my
> internal PCI modem for dial-up internet connection. The modem is a
> Diamond Multimedia SupraMax 56i, and it's not being detected. I've
> played around with /boot/device.hints and the kernel configuration,
> and I have no idea how to get FreeBSD to detect my modem. I don't know
> whether or not it's a winmodem, I don't think it is. 

It is.  And Diamond seems to have changed chipsets on it while keeping
the same model name, so you'll need to figure out the chipset on your
own.  

>                                                      If it turns out
> that setting this modem up will eventually be a futile effort, please
> help me out in choosing a modem that will work for sure.

An external serial modem has always been safe.


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