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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!206.229.87.25!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-hub.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-15.sprintlink.net!news.utelfla.com!hobbes.crc.com!usenet From: Dan Benjamin <dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ISDN setup suggestions NEEDED Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:57:59 -0500 Organization: Coleman Research Corporation Lines: 31 Message-ID: <32FB7B37.79C@mail.hqs.crc.com> References: <32F8A5DE.2422@mail.hqs.crc.com> <5ddqrm$eqb$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pelican.hqs.crc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) To: chris andrichak <chris@i-planet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35131 chris andrichak wrote: > > Dan Benjamin <dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com> writes: > > I'll be dialing in to an Ascend Max 400, and I'd like suggestions on the > > type of TA and general setup (ppp/mppp, etc) I should use on my end. I > > have setup ppp for 28.8 type modems before, and would be interested in > > hearing about various setups out there in actual use. > If you provider has Ascend equip, then I'd go with an Ascend box, 'cause you're apt to have less > problems and your provider will have some clue about what you're using, and probably be less hostile > to you if you have problems. Thanks for your help! He's a close friend, I'm not worried about hostility. I am worried about cost, and I need to find a solution to use my existing hardware as much as possible. I'd rather spend time tinkering with an adtran or bitsurfer and my fbsd box (and spending a couple hundred dollars) than strapping myself to a major investment. I will not be running bigtime services from my home lan - just for useful connectivity when I need it. > We're using a Pipeline 25 at my house, and it works great, but will only do 3 IP addresses (says 4, > but we've had trouble). we're ugrading to a 50 w/compression, and I expect that to work just as well. I imagine with some doing you might get aliasing to work - hide your net behind one proxy server or something? -- Dan Benjamin dpb@crc.com