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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dciteleport.com!europa.clark.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!agate!news.ucsc.edu!dkulp From: dkulp@cse.ucsc.edu (David Kulp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ISDN setup suggestions NEEDED Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 14:25:53 -0800 Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 36 Message-ID: <dkulp-ya023380000502971425530001@darkstar.ucsc.edu> References: <32F8A5DE.2422@mail.hqs.crc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: metricom54.ucsc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-feed: me X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.3.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35211 There's just been a spurt of posts about this after I asked a similar question on this newsgroup and the dcom.isdn group. The two basic responses were (1) get a router because (a) you'll be able to use the maximum 128k and (b) it's just better..., (2) just about any TA is Hayes compatible, so the TA will look and act like a fast modem; bsd ppp software will work. regards, -david kulp. In article <32F8A5DE.2422@mail.hqs.crc.com>, Dan Benjamin <dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com> wrote: >Hello, > >I'm planning to setup an isdn connection between my small home lan and >the office lan. > >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. > >Price is, of course, a concern, but I'd rather have a reliable >connection than an inexpensive but problematic one. Purchasing a >seperate router/isdn box is not an option - I need to do this with mt >FreeBSD 2.1.6-R box and a TA. > >If the responses are good (they usually seem to be) I'd like to create a >page about this - perhaps supplementary to FreeBSD online docs. > >Thanks for your help. Please rsvp via mail to dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com. > >Dan Benjamin >dpb@crc.com