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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.mrtc.org!news.he.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!news-2.csn.net!bugs.alisa.org!wjjr From: wjjr@bugs.alisa.org (John J. Rushford) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ISDN TA's supported for BSD Unix? Followup-To: comp.dcom.isdn,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 2 Feb 1997 00:40:35 GMT Organization: My place on the Front Range. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5d0nq3$7m2@news-2.csn.net> References: <dkulp-ya023380000102971144510001@darkstar.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.133.34.5 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.dcom.isdn:47949 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34924 David Kulp (dkulp@cse.ucsc.edu) wrote: : I'm investigating ISDN and am trying to determine the correct : TA or router to buy for a PC running BSD Unix. Do the TA's require : special drivers for the serial port which are win32 apps, or are : there drivers for some TAs that run on BSD? (I couldn't find any : mention of this in the BSD handbook.) I'm guessing that the easier : option is to get an ISDN router and an ethernet card, but this is : a significantly more expensive option. : Anyone out there with experience here? I would guess that there : are a few of you BSD folks running network services on ISDN. : Thanks very much, : -david kulp. I'm using the easier option. I have 3 computers and an ISDN/IP router all connected via a 10BaseT wire hub. The ISDN/IP router is an Ascend Pipeline 50 that is the default router for all 3 computers. You can set it up for full time connection to your ISP or you can set it up to dial up your ISP when a packet needs to go that way. This works great for all 3 computers which are running Win95, Solaris x86, and FreeBSD 2.1.5. This is more expensive than an ISDN modem connecting to your serial port but, is more flexible as all 3 OS's grok 10BaseT and TCP/IP without any special drivers. Also, I believe that you don't get the full bandwidth available on 128K ISDN with a serial connection. regards J. Rushford wjjr@sapphire.alisa.org