eferen1 wrote:
>
> This is a follow up to my previous message.
> I guess I should have been more specific about this problem. I installed
> FreeBSD 3.0 to see if it would connect, but it didn't either. Here are the
> details;
>
> 1. I have MS Network. The local provider provides the IP address.
> 2. I cannot get the IP address either from WIN dial-up properties or from
> the internet properties.
> 3. I do not know the DNS, probably server provided also as is the above.
> 4. In FreeBSD, a separate terminal is used (vty3). Here I give the 'TERM'
> command and go back to vty1 and press return. In six seconds it disconnects.
> 5. It apparently doesn't dial out at all.
> 6. In Debian I get the same result, only a little quicker.
> 7. My modem type is: MD 6800-U Modem (AZT 4023).
> 8. I should also state that I believe this to be a WIN Modem. Correct? (It's
> been several years since I've delved into the hardware end of computing,
> that's why I'm rusty.)
>
> I hope this helps to bring about a solution. (Like, does Debian, or even
> Linux period, support a WIN modem?)
>
> Thanx again
>
If you are sure your modem is a Winmodem, then I'm afraid your outta
luck. Sorry, but you'll have to go and get a real modem. Winmodems
move some/most of the modem's work to the main computer's CPU. Since
the manufacturers will, obviously (they do call it a WINmodem), only
make a driver available for Windows, there is no way to use it with
another OS.
--
Ed C.
