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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!news.ucdavis.edu!not-for-mail From: Joe Bob <joe@bob.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and ISDN -- final analysis? Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:19:05 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 29 Message-ID: <33B34D49.41C67EA6@bob.com> References: <5obd62$18v@news.gvsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blythe.ucdavis.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43605 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. > > 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. > > 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! > > -- > Matt Behrens Try an external box that connects via a NIC, like the Ascend Pipeline25 or 50. Jason