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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news1.cwix.net!not-for-mail From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and ISDN -- final analysis? Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:01:00 +0200 Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Lines: 42 Message-ID: <33A98FFC.73FB@pipeline.ch> References: <5obd62$18v@news.gvsu.edu> Reply-To: oppermann@pipeline.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: opi.pipeline.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43163 Matt Behrens wrote: > > Hi all, > > In my quest to figure out if FreeBSD & ISDN really is possible, I did a > little research first (even R-ingTFM, believe it or not) :) and have come > up with two conflicting information sources. > > 1. The FreeBSD handbook states that ISDN is possible simply by hooking it > up to the serial port and using PPP, albeit limited to 115Kbps. There are two different models to use ISDN: - With a real ISDN-Card like a network card -> need's it's own drivers etc... - With an external modem like the ZyXEL 2864I which look's like a normal normal analog modem for the box except that it uses ISDN instead of a telefone line -> can be used like a normal modem with normal at commands. > 2. Joerg (my apologies if I mispelled the name, I am a product of the > American public education system after all) ;) said in a post about a > month ago that ISDN needed the BISDN package, which was in a state of > incompleteness due to a need for complete rewrites right now. Only in the first case. > Which is correct? I have a customer who wants a machine built, wants to > move to ISDN at some point in the future, and would prefer FreeBSD over > Linux because of the stability. Thanks! Good... ;) -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch