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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: supported ISDN interfaces
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 05:35:07 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Richard Reiner <rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca>

Richard Reiner wrote:
> So, what ISDN cards does FreeBSD currently support?  Also, are "ISDN

The Dr. Neuhaus cards are supported, and support for the new Teles cards
will probably be entering the tree soon, if our ISDN hackers in Germany
finish the integration of this soon.

> modems" such as the Motorola BitSURFR product, either internal
> (emulating a COM port) or external (connecting to the FreeBSD box via a
> COM port), supported?

Yes indeed.  I'm using a pair of ADTRANS TAs (with FreeBSD boxes on both
ends) running just great at 115.2Kb.  They just look like fast modems
from FreeBSD's perspective.

> Finally, does anyone know of FreeBSD users running systems that do
> routing to the Internet via ISDN cards or modems?

Me? :-)  Actually, there are probably quite a few more than just that.
As I say, using an ISDN TA is simplicity itself.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project