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From: kai@123.org (Kai Voigt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any developments on Teles ISDN? (bisdn)
Date: 18 Sep 1996 23:50:33 +0200
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Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> writes:
>I've been forced to run Linux the past weeks (not liking it at all,
>but still better than Windows etc.) because of the lack of a FreeBSD
>driver for my Teles card with syncPPP. I was wondering if any
>developments have been made. The last thing I heard was that for
>NetBSD syncPPP has been implemented.
I use the BISDN package (current version is 0.97) with an teles
card (S0/8 version). But it actually just implements stable HDLC
support.
Kai
PS: Here is the Readme file of the package:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
BISDN Version 0.97
==================
July 8, 1996
An ISDN implementation for FreeBSD and NetBSD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
(hm@kts.org, last edit-date: [Mon Jul 8 12:39:23 1996])
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please Note
===========
This ISDN implementation has been tested with DSS1 and 1TR6 lines supplied
by the german Telekom - and it runs very well.
It has not been tested with ISDN lines supplied by private branch exchanges
and it is not guaranteed that bisdn will work there as described because
many manufacturers of such ISDN PBX's (especially if they claim to run the
1TR6 protocols on the internal ISDN lines) implement special and/or non-
standard protocols and/or protocol extensions. In case you are connected to
such a PBX, you are (mostly) the only one who can get bisdn to run there
simply because we/i don't have access to such an exchange.
Anyway - in case you are connected to an ISDN PBX and get bisdn up and
running on it, i am VERY interested in hearing from you to document what
you did in order to get it running and help others with the same problem.
It has been reported that bisdn runs with the following PBX's:
- Siemens Hicom 300
- DeTeWe varix 200
Installation instructions
=========================
- for FreeBSD 2.1R and 2.2 (current): read file Install.FreeBSD-2.1
- for NetBSD 1.2: read file Install.NetBSD-1.2
What it does
============
- IP over ISDN using "raw HDLC over ISDN"
- telephone messaging and answering support
What it does not
================
- tty support (until someone rewrites it under Berkeley Copyright)
What is untested
================
- X.75 and all the other implemented protocols (except HDLC)
What we are working on
======================
- re-integrate support for Dr. Neuhaus Niccy 3008/3009
- add support for Stollmann Tina-dd
- PPP support
- support for more than one ISDN interface (BRI)
- more code cleanup and more stability
- regular releases of this kit
What we need
============
- people fixing bugs instead of just reporting them.
- someone who implements the Northern American, Australian,
<put a country with an exotic stack here> ISDN protocol
stack. I'm (hm@kts.org) willing to lend a Teles board to
such a person.
- money :-)
ISDN development is expensive as is every communications
development when you need to establish test-connections via
someone who is charging you for the connection. Please keep
this in mind when asking for features or bug fixes.
Authors/Maintainers
===================
The BISDN package was written by Hellmuth Michaelis, Gary Jennejohn and
Arne Helme. It has its roots based on code written by Dietmar Friede and
Juergen Krause.
If our time permits it, you might get support from:
Hellmuth Michaelis
hm@kts.org
Gary Jennejohn (FreeBSD-current related stuff)
Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de
Arne Helme (NetBSD related stuff)
arne@pegasus.esprit.ec.org
Mailinglist
===========
There is a mailing list available at
isdn@muc.ditec.de
The list is maintained by majordomo, so i.e. to subscribe,
send a mail with the text
subscribe isdn
in the message body sent to
isdn-request@muc.ditec.de
Commercial support
==================
For commercial (paid) support please contact:
Juergen Krause
Buchenstr. 8
D-66497 Contwig/Stambach
Germany
jkr@saarlink.de
+49 6336 993002
+49 6336 993003 (fax)
Acknowledgments
===============
Many thanks to the people at Dr. Neuhaus, Hamburg for their support.
Many thanks to the people at Stollmann, Hamburg for their support.
The LAP code is based on the LAP-B code of Phil Karn, KA9Q.
The package is based on code originally written by:
Dietmar Friede
Las Hayas
E-38870 Valle Gran Rey
Spain
+34 22 804181 (Tel./Fax) (9 to 16 WET at working days)
Thanks a lot for patches, fixes, code and suggestions
=====================================================
Andreas Klemm (andreas@klemm.gtn.com)
Christoph P. U. Kukulies (kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Greg Lehey (grog@lemis.de)
Andreas Haug (ajh@ipc.uni-tuebingen.de)
Gerhard Mehldau (mehldau@photogrammetrie.de)
Joerg Wunsch (joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de)
Christian Wolf (chris@wolfhh.hanse.de)
Nacknowledgments
================
I'd like to thank the Teles AG in Berlin for not making available any
documentation about the internal structure of their boards.
Further i'd like to thank the ITU in Geneva and the ETSI in France for
making ISDN standards available only at horrible prices.
Official bisdn distribution kit contents
========================================
|-BISDN
|-COPYRIGHT
|-ChangeLog
|-Install.FreeBSD-2.1
|-Install.NetBSD-1.2
|-Makefile
|-Makefile.inc
|-Readme
|-ToDo
|
| |-Makefile
| |-bisdnd.8
| |-bisdnd.acct.5
| |-bisdnd.cfg.5
| |-bisdnd.rates.5
| |-config.c
| |-config.h
| |-configure.h
|-bisdnd--------------|-defs.h
| |-ipsup.c
| |-log.c
| |-main.c
| |-msg.c
| |-msgutil.c
| |-pathnames.h
| |-phonesup.c
| |-rates.c
| |-support.c
|
| |-Makefile
|-bisdnlib------------|-pcause.c
| |-pcause.h
|
| |-Makefile
| |-bisdntrc.8
| |-bisdntrc.c
|-bisdntrc------------|-bisdntrc.h
| |-bisdntrc_1tr6.c
| |-bisdntrc_lapd.c
| |-bisdntrc_q931.c
|
| |-usr-src-sys-conf-files.diff
| |-usr-src-sys-i386-conf-files.i386.diff
|-diffs---------------|-usr-src-sys-i386-conf-options.i386.diff
| |-usr-src-sys-i386-i386-conf.diff
| |-usr-src-sys-i386-i386-support.s.diff
|
| |-rc.bisdn.1tr6
|-etc-----------------|-rc.bisdn.dss1
| |-start_if.ipi0
| |-sysconfig
|
| |-answ
| |-bisdnd.cfg.1tr6
|-bisdn-|-etc-bisdn-----------|-bisdnd.cfg.dss1
| |-bisdnd.rates
| |-mkdev
| |-play
|
|-machine-------------|-bisdn_ioctl.h
| |-bisdn_isdn.h
|
| |-Makefile
| |-disdn.4
| |-ipi.4
|-man-----------------|-isdn.4
| |-itel.4
| |-ity.4
| |-tel.4
|
|-misc----------------|-bisdn_pacct
|
| |-beep
| |-message
| |-message.0
| |-message.1
| |-message.2
|-phone---------------|-message.3
| |-message.4
| |-message.5
| |-message.6
| |-message.7
| |-message.8
| |-message.9
|
| |-README.sound
|-sound---------------|-alaw.h
| |-diff.sound
|
| |-b_disdn.c
| |-b_disdn.h
| |-b_isdn.c
| |-b_isdn.h
|-sys-bisdn-----------|-b_isdnipi.c
| |-b_isdnlap.c
| |-b_isdnlap.h
| |-b_isdntel.c
| |-b_isdntty.c
|
|-sys-i386-isa--------|-teles.c
|
| |-Makefile
| |
| | |-AMSTEL
| | |-conf-------|-BISDN
| |-arch-----|-i386---| |-BISDN.add
| | | |-ISDNNCR
| | |
|-sys-netbsd----------| |-i386-------|-conf.c
| |-conf.c.patch
|
|-conf-----|-files
| |-files.patch
|
|-dev------|-isa---------|-files.isa
|-files.isa.patch
----------------------------- EOF --------------------------------------------
--
Kai Voigt, Gerhardstraße 97, D-24105 Kiel, +49 177 2705456
"Ist Euch schon aufgefallen, daß ... die gleichen Initialen
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