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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!tfs.com!bill From: bill@tfs.com (William Robbins) Subject: Re: isdn Message-ID: <D01EEI.LzF@tfs.com> Organization: TRW Financial Systems X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3bamsd$dp5@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <3bbfat$m1o@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 16:13:30 GMT Lines: 27 Shawn Brown (shawnb@ecst.csuchico.edu) wrote: : In article <3bamsd$dp5@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, : David C Ferovick <ferovick@runner> wrote: : >What kind of choices would I have if I would like to connect my PC to the : >net via an ISDN link? I would like to run NetBSD, FreeBSD, or BSDI's : >BSD/OS on a pentium to support this, but I don't know what is supported. : Depends on how you want to do it. There are several ISDN cards on the market, : and for these, you'd need driver support. I don't know what is supported : under any of the OS' you mention. : The other route (albeit more expensive) is nearly transparent to the OS. : You need a supported ethernet card, and an ISDN to LAN bridge. The ISDN : bridges that are available are fairly expensive (usually around $1000.) : Combinet recently released an ISDN bridge that utilizes compression to : attain speeds of 500kbps. That is 1/3 of the speed of a T1 at ISDN BRI : prices! : Shawn Motorola has an ISDN terminal adapter on the market for $495. It would seem (read- I do not Know) that one could tip out to the adapter, utter the appropriate dialing commands, and start SLIP. -- -- Bill Robbins Twiddler Extraordinaire