Re: Help: Tip on Buying External modem
On 2004-05-10 09:07, JJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] For an trouble free modem install and usage in both FreeBSD and ms/windows get your self an external serial modem. aol These are the only ones I consider real modems too :-) /aol ... for all the good reasons you mentioned in the snipped part, which there isn't any reason to repeat. - Giorgos ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: Tip on Buying External modem
On Sun, May 09, 2004, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: Sir, I've post something about my internal modem and unfortunately you've replied that there could be no possible solution in using a winmodem except if you are expert in either linux or freebsd. My question is, if ever I will buy an external modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is connected to serial port(com port)? COM port. The only really reliable modems I've found are MultiTechs (other than the three Telebit WorldBlazers I have sitting on the shelf in the computer room :-). The MultiTech MTZDX modems are relatively inexpensive, and are excellent for use with programs like HylaFAX. It's been a while since I last bought any modems so I'm not current on their part numbers. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!'' -- Emiliano Zapata. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: Tip on Buying External modem
Com port style always ... (real modems are _REAL_ modems with lotsa useful LEDS, and DB25 connectors... ) USB types dont understand all the control lines ie CD DTR RTS and dont work well in the dialin mode (hylafax hates them...) mjt On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:27, Paul Tan wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: Sir, I've post something about my internal modem and unfortunately you've replied that there could be no possible solution in using a winmodem except if you are expert in either linux or freebsd. My question is, if ever I will buy an external modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is connected to serial port(com port)? Get the COM port one. For me I prefer something with a Conexant chipset. Has worked well for me throughout the years. Some USB ones are Winmodems. -- cheers, Paul Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer - Bytecraft Systems Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Help: Tip on Buying External modem
Modems, what an confusing subject when it comes to all the types available for purchase. First is the question between internal and external. Internal means they are expansion cards which you plug into your motherboard slots. There are two types, ISA and PCI. ISA cards are legacy cards designed for the older motherboard bus speeds and modem dial out max connection speeds of 33.6bps. Generally the ISA internal modem cards are obsolete and have been replaced by the PCI internal modem cards which use the faster motherboard bus speeds for better performance at 56K dial out connection speeds. When ISA PCI internal modems were first manufactured they contained controller/DSP chips on the circuit boards and was one of the major components that made the modem costly. Microsoft wanted their customers to use internet modems, so to lower the selling price, Microsoft changed it's windows system so the controller/DSP chips could be removed from the modem making it cheaper to buy and replaced it by an software driver which the user had to install on their windows system. Search the internet on 'winmodem' and you will see that using an winmodem software driver causes an performance drop. On the external modem world, serial modems are the original modem type available since before the public internet as most people know it. External serial modems have the controller/DSP chips on their circuit boards. External serial modems plug into your PC com ports. Then around windows/95 time the USB protocol was introduced. All the original USB external modems had the controller/DSP chips, but in an effort to tap into the cheap windows modem market the USB modem manufactures started to make some without the controller/DSP chips. For you to have an voice phone modem which can be used by both ms/windows and FreeBSD/unix like systems and get the best performance, and have the least problems configurating for FreeBSD, you should get an external serial modem. I have used the Zoom V.92 external modem Model #3049L. Second choose is an Internal PCI with onboard controller/DSP chips. You have to read the labels on the box the modem is sold in to identify it's not an winmodem. You can also usually tell by it's cost as it costs more that an winmodem. I use the Zoom internal PCI modem model #2920, it cost $98.00. Now to cover all bases. Many of the ISA and PCI internal winmodems are manufactured using Lucent chips and the specifications for the controller and DSP where made available to the public 2 years ago by Rockwell who owns the Lucent chip design. An Linux software driver for winmodems (ltmdm) that used the Lucent chips was built and then ported to FreeBSD. This ported driver had no documentation on how to use or configure it and does not work on all lucent chip winmodems. It may have been documented since I last looked at it, but from the posts on this list about people having problems getting it to work, I don't think so. For an trouble free modem install and usage in both FreeBSD and ms/windows get your self an external serial modem. Good luck. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Jayson Alvarez Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help: Tip on Buying External modem Sir, I've post something about my internal modem and unfortunately you've replied that there could be no possible solution in using a winmodem except if you are expert in either linux or freebsd. My question is, if ever I will buy an external modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is connected to serial port(com port)? __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help: Tip on Buying External modem
Sir, I've post something about my internal modem and unfortunately you've replied that there could be no possible solution in using a winmodem except if you are expert in either linux or freebsd. My question is, if ever I will buy an external modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is connected to serial port(com port)? __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: Tip on Buying External modem
Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: Sir, I've post something about my internal modem and unfortunately you've replied that there could be no possible solution in using a winmodem except if you are expert in either linux or freebsd. My question is, if ever I will buy an external modem and to be sure that I will not waste my money for the second time(buying a winmodem), wich of the two should I pick, the USB one, or the one that is connected to serial port(com port)? Get the COM port one. For me I prefer something with a Conexant chipset. Has worked well for me throughout the years. Some USB ones are Winmodems. -- cheers, Paul Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
