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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!raindrop!unger From: unger@raindrop.seaslug.org (Thomas Unger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ISDN Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:25:56 GMT Organization: Wet Weather Consulting Lines: 16 Message-ID: <Doy3J8.K0M.0.raindrop.seaslug.org@raindrop.seaslug.org> References: <4ivo5k$jq3@sundog.tiac.net> <31553A0B.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs105-9.u.washington.edu In article <31553A0B.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org>,Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >If you're using an "ISDN modem" (more commonly called a Terminal >Adaptor, or "TA") then there's really nothing to tell. You just plug it >in and use it like you'd use any modem. It took me all of an hour to Seems that you can either use an internal board or an external TA, connected to a serial port. The external TA seems appealing, but can the serial port really handle the throughput? To take advantage of the 128Kbps one would want to run the serial port faster, like 256 Kbps. Are the any real disadvantages to the external Terminal Adapter? Tom Unger WWC