Re: PC Card Bus Modem?

On Saturday 01 May 2004 12:12, phusion wrote:
> When you pull the card out when your done does FreeBSD
> lock up at all. I've heard from some people that with
> some modems the FreeBSD locks up and you have to
> reboot.

Not with my laptop. I can hot swap it all day long. No promises
on yours though. :) I have no idea if that is a laptop hardware, driver,
or modem hardware problem.

Oh, the X-Jack lights up when it's dialing or connected too. Kinda
neat if you want to turn your sound off or don't have on-board
sound.

Seriously, my only two complaints about this modem are that
it's a power hog (actually, I think this is FreeBSD's fault. I don't
think FreeBSD knows how to enable power management on
PCMCIA or Card Bus slots) and that it doesn't seem to be a
full voice modem. I've seen marketing fluff indicate that it can
do speaker phone stuff, but I can't seem to get it working with
vgetty. The voice mode driver AT commands indicate that it
has a beta voice driver for firmware.

I'll try to test this thing with Hylafax sometime this week. I'd
like to know if it's a decent fax modem too.

But if all you need is data, this is the modem for you!



> --- Jesse Guardiani <[email protected]> wrote:
> > phusion wrote:
> > > i was wondering what would be a good pc card modem
> >
> > to
> >
> > > get that will work in freebsd 5.x with no hassle,
> > > please let me know your good experiences with
> > > manufacturers and model numbers
> >
> > I use a:
> >
> > "3COM Megahertz 56k Global GSM & Cellular Modem PC
> > Card with XJACK Connector"
> >
> > Model #: 3CXM756
> >
> > You can get these for less than $30 shipped to your
> > door
> > from pricewatch.
> >
> > I have only tested the 56k functionality, not GSM,
> > fax,
> > or voice.
> >
> > 56k works great. Modem dialing sound even comes out
> > of my
> > laptop's speakers! I've tested it with 5.1-RELEASE
> > and
> > 5.2.1-RELEASE.
> >
> > Here's what it looks like in dmesg:
> >
> > sio4: <3Com Megahertz 3CXM756/3CCM756> at port
> > 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 9 function 0 config 34 on pccard0
> > sio4: type 16550A
> > sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode -
> > using normal mode
> >
> > I think it's a bit of a power hog though. Don't dial
> > up
> > unless you're on AC.
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator
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> >
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