As copiously written elsewhere, FreeBSD works best with hardware modems, not 
WinModems / LinModems.

I need to fit an internal PCI fax/modem (for various reasons an external modem 
is not an option, so sorry if you were about to suggest that).

However, I'm having difficulty identifying which internal modems are genuine 
hardware modems.  Internet searches and manufacturers' specifications are 
inconclusive (PCI cards that are called "hardware" modems turn out not to be, 
or are no longer available, etc).  Contacting manufacturers' tech support 
either yields no reply, or again inconclusive responses.

So, my question please is: can anyone provide details (eg manufacturer, model 
number, retailer) of any genuine hardware PCI fax/modems, that are currently 
available (March 2008), and preferably available in UK.  If you have actually 
used one with FreeBSD and can confirm that it works, that would be even 
better!  (NB the 'fax' part of fax/modem is important, as that's actually the 
main reason for needing it!)

(Or if there is a webpage somewhere with this info already, a link to it would 
be great!  As above, my googling (and searching of this mailing list) hasn't 
yielded anything definitive)

[To clarify: by "hardware" PCI modem, I mean a PCI card that has all modem 
control functions on the card, and requires no software control at the modem 
level from the computer.  To the computer and o/s, the card just looks like a 
'tty' serial port, exactly the same as a normal serial port to which an 
external modem would be connected (except in this case the modem is embedded in 
the PCI card).  So one just runs modem/fax/whatever applications (or even a raw 
terminal emulator!) that send 'AT' commands etc to this port].

Many thanks for any help,
Scott
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