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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!feeder.chicago.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-feed1.tiac.net!posterchild!news@tiac.net From: tjlegg@max.tiac.net (Tom Legg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and ISDN -- final analysis? Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:55:27 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5oou3c$dg0@news-central.tiac.net> References: <5obd62$18v@news.gvsu.edu> <macwhiz-ya023680002006970809270001@news.accinet.net> <5of359$7lu@uriah.heep.sax.de> <86wwnloazf.fsf@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Reply-To: tjlegg@max.tiac.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.60.38.176 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43458 Marko Schuetz <marko@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote: >j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: >> >> macwhiz@phoebe.accinet.net (Rob Levandowski) wrote: >> >> > There is a third way, which may be more desirable in many cases. Instead >> > of going with an ISDN terminal adapter approach, you could instead use an >> > ISDN-to-Ethernet router, such as an Ascend Pipeline [25|50|75]. >> >> Unfortunately, this is way more expensive. To give you a picture, the >> cheap Teles etc. cards BISDN currently handles can often be got for ~ >> DEM 100 (~ USD 70) these days. That's the only piece of hardware >> needed, and it can at least handle one workstation's worth of traffic >> well. This makes it very attractive for us. >How much would the Ascend cost? >Marko The Ascend Pipeline 25-FX is $499 The Ascend Pipeline 25-PX is $539 which also does dynamic IP addressing for your network. (from DataComm Warehouse) They also have an ISDN card on the same page for $179.95. That should give you a comparison.