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From: jschol@ihgp18x.ih.att.com (John K. Scholvin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: ISDN modem question
Date: 23 Sep 1996 21:18:14 GMT
Organization: Lucent Technologies, Naperville, IL
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Hi, everyone.

I'm looking at buying an ISDN modem, either Motorola's BitSurfr or US
Robotics I-modem (or maybe something else which is similar). I know that the
current state of ISDN support in FreeBSD is sketchy, but since these devices
are external serial devices, my hunch is that the usual serial stuff to
establish connections will still work. In other words, if I have a script
which currently uses cu to dial a number, and then sets up ppp and all of
the necessary networking stuff for an analog (POTS) modem, will the same
stuff work for an external ISDN modem on one of the COM ports?

Or is there a different ppp (or maybe slip) that I will need to make this
work, and if so, is that the stuff that isn't 100% flying yet? 

Thanks in advance for any help. I check the FAQ and the handbook, and
didn't see anything about this there. If I missed it, my apologies.


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