FreeBSD laptop with: 56k modem, ethernet, Xfree86

Mark Santcroos marks at ripe.net
Thu Jun 12 23:21:49 PDT 2003


On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 01:46:33PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> OK. I found the card, but it's not clear what information you are
> looking for. It's an Intel card. Model M3AWEB56GA.  It looks like it's
> a combo modem and WiFi card, but I could not find any reference to it
> on Intel's web page.

fcc.gov:

1160-  CX-  2001  8145539-  1 
REGISTRANT:  XIRCOM,  INC. 
MANUFACTURER:  XIRCOM  OPERATIONS  SDN  BHD 
TYPE  OF  FILING:  ORIGINAL  REGISTRATION 
REG.  NO:  2U6MLA-  36277-  M5-  E  REG.  CLASS:  TERMINAL  DEVICE 
YPE  OF  EQUIPMENT:  56KBPS  MODEMS  USING  ANALOG  UPLOAD/  DIGITAL  DOWNLOAD  PROCESSING 
EQUIPMENT  DESCRIPTION:  MINI  PCI  56.0K  DATA/  14.4K  FAX  MODEM  WITH  WIRLESS  ETHERNET 
TRADE  NAME:  XIRCOM 
MODEL:  FB  M3AWEB56GA

> How does this help with getting a driver,though? (I'll admit to near
> total ignorance as far as PC hardware is concerned.) It's certainly an
> Agere WinModem of some sort.

Well, identifying what hardware we are talking about is always a first
step in getting it supported ofcourse. I suggest you do some more googling
from here.

Mark

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