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From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ISDN and FreeBSD
Date: 9 Jul 1995 04:56:53 GMT
Organization: Phoenix Data Systems
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Steven Kehlet (kehlet@netcom.com) wrote:
: Geordan Rosario (geordan@OCF.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
: : How would I go about getting FreeBSD and ISDN to work? I don't have ISDN yet,
: : actually, but I'd like to know what it entails (e.g. is there support for
: : NT1's in FreeBSD, etc.).
: Hi,
: I'd like to know some more about this too. I work for an ISP that offers isdn
: connections, and through them I'm getting something new by Motorola called the
: ``BitSurfr'', which plugs into a serial port and does ppp over one channel of
: an isdn line. It costs about $350(?). The idea of this is to completely hide
: the isdn part; to your computer, it will just look like another modem, on a
: serial port, doing ppp... but at 56k (at least, I hope it's going to be this
: easy.. ;-).
: This, of course, requires an isdn-capable phone line in the house.. (call
: Pac Bell, or your local provider...)
: This is one easy solution that is possible, and requires no special capabilities
: from your OS (FreeBSD, or otherwise)... (and pretty cheap, too...)
: There isn't any documentation out there.. and darned I am if I'm going to d/l
: all the gnu source just to read ``/usr/src/gnu/usr.sbin/docs/INSTALL'' where
: supposedly there's some info... ;-)
: Any other folks out there with input about isdn? :-)
: Steve Kehlet
Double Check what ISDN router you are dialing into! The Bitsurfer doesn't
comply with the RFCs for PPP, it was implemented 'using' them. This can
cause all sorts of nifty problems! (Speaking from experience)
Use Adtran. Works Great, lasts long time!
Paul Flores
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"I've Always been easy, just never cheap!"
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