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From: crs@lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Recommended Modem for FreeBSD 2.1.5
Date: 28 Oct 1996 23:20:00 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Message-ID: <553f30$7is@newshost.lanl.gov>
References: <32694D0C.4290@eclipse.net>
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In article <32694D0C.4290@eclipse.net>,
Ken Tylor  <kentylor@eclipse.net> wrote:
= Can anyone recommend the best external modem to purchase to work with
= FreeBSD 2.1.5? The modem will be used for PPP and dialin. Thanks in
= advance.

Are there any known problems with Microcom (DeskPorte FAST and
28.8S)?  I can tip to it and dial manually but I've yet to be able
to get it to autodial--kind of unhandy for demand ppp...  :(

I've probably done something dumb or omitted something but...

Thanks for any help.


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Best,

Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby                         "I'm the NRA!"
       crs@swcp.com crs@hamlet.lanl.gov              Life Member since 1965