> Giving up on ever seeing ADSL (too far away from the exchange, screw you > BT!) I'm installing ISDN as my best hope this side of the next millenium. I > know a lot about modems and nothing about ISDN so I'd appreciate some advice > on what ISDN card to insall for use in England. > > These are issues (using that word the way God intended, not the way > Microsoft perverted!) which I can see I need to resolve: > > 1) compatiblity between modems is always a problem - I have two modems which > work fine with one ISP each and abysmally if I swap them over. I doubt this > is an issue with ISDN cards or is it? >
I believe it is not an issue since the ISDN is, as far as I know, a more tight spec. But why not check this with your ISP? > 2) Linux hardware support - clearly the Howto is going to be the bible but > is there a "recommended" brand of ISDN card for Linux? > I do not know about any recommended one. You might check the isdnutils for the supported cards. I believe the passive cards that are supported by the Hisax module are the cheaper and thus more popular. > 3) Linux software - does pppd still apply (I use wvdial) or does one have to > use something else? > Probably not because it is quite evil to use ppp over ISDN. Yet there is something similar, at least for the user: ipppd. As for wvdial, the isdnutils provides similar functions. > 4) channel bonding - anything I should know? > > 5) anything other consideration I haven't listed? > > I'd be grateful for any thoughts before I get myself hopelessly confused ;) > > Cheers, > Robin Collins > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>