On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
Hi John !
Thank's for the info !
> > Hi !
> >
> > I've just got ISDN installed and am in the process of deciding which ISDN TA to
> > buy. I have decided that I want an internal PCI/ISA adaptor and have found two
> > models that I think might be quite good. However, I'm not familiar with ISDN
> > and the technology that comes with it. The cards that I have found, is one
> > Asuscom and one without name that is based on the HFC chip.
> >
> RUN from the HFC chip....that's a WinModem chipset, I
> believe...
I've been looking around the net and found www.isdn4linux.de (included in both
RH 6.1 and MD 7.0 I believe). According to this site, both TA's work and are
supported. The HFC chip has one advantage, it can echo sent data to the isdn
log and with a bit of wireing, it can do quite a lot of aother interesting
things that the Asuscom can't. The Asuscom is built on a chip called WinBond
but is supported.
> Second, I use an external ISDN router made by Netgear
> (who's parent company is Bay Networks...) It works like a
> charm! I'd really recommend that, because you KNOW it works
> with ANY operating system! I've got one at home and am
> using it with both Linux and Windows machines. We also
> highly recommend it at the ISP where I work.
> The Lucent/Ascend Pipeline series are nice, but they're
> rather expensive...
> John
The reason that I don't want an external TA is because of to little space in my
apartement and I don't want to buy a new serial card (if neccesary). This will
increase my cost of getting up&running with ISDN too much. The external TA's
that I've found cost twice as much as an internal. I know that the external one
is an active TA that lets me do a lot of fun things like receiving faxes/voice
and many also give me 2 analog lines. I believe that the same is possible on
the passive cards, but require software instead. Anyhow, I don't quite need
those features yet. I'm mostly in a trial period for the moment. I'm not sure
that I will find ISDN useful.
The word router, makes me think of a stand alone unit that is connected to the
local network. In this case, in my experience I can't tell the router not to
open a connection on certain packet types and port numbers. I live in Sweden
with high minute rates for the use of a phone line :-(
/Jocke!
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