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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
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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