David Hawke wrote:
>
> Dima -
>
> What follows is 2 responses to John K re our experiences. Hope they are of
> some use to you. NZ still draws heavily on the BT base. Of some interest is
> that we are using a Zyxel router rather than modem quite successfully.
>
> David H
>
> John
>
> Not sure that this entirely helps, but we went to a Zyxel P100IH router for
> the office connection. I originally intended to put it on a separate subnet
> from the rest of the systems and use the Linux box to firewall a bit more
> heavily, but I have ended up leaving it on the same subnet.
>
> We had a few problems getting it up with both channels into a Cisco at the
> ISP end, but they maanged to resolve it (it was their end).
>
> We've been happy with the Zyxel, and it certainly offers plenty of control
> on traffic if you want to implement it. I looked at IDSN modems, but the
> issue was cost and the availability of the serial ports (no-one here seemed
> to know anything abut ISDN modems).
>
> David H
>
> PS As an aside, Telecom in NZ has just implemented ADSL technology. Its
> performance is impressive (ie, better than ISDN at this stage), and cheaper
> than ISDN.
>
> John Krivitsky wrote:
>
> > Can somebody please recommend ISDN modems or modem cards that:
> >
> > 1) Are supported by Linux (with appropriate module installed)
> > 2) Work well with pppd
> > 3) Work in Australia (I believe we use the Euro standard)
> >
> > Any hints and tips, gotchas and general comments and advice would be
> > extremely appreciated.
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > jk
> >
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> John Krivitsky wrote:
>
> > David Hawke wrote:
> > >
> > > David H
> > >
> > > PS As an aside, Telecom in NZ has just implemented ADSL technology. Its
> > > performance is impressive (ie, better than ISDN at this stage), and
> cheaper
> > > than ISDN.
> >
> > David, thank you so much for your advice. I understand that NZ and
> AU
>
> Yup - both BT based originally !
>
> >
> > have pretty much the same network. I am very keen to try ADSL but,
> > knowing Telstra (Telecom Australia), they are years behind everyone
> > else.
> >
> > If you don't mind me asking, what is required for ADSL? What sort
> of
> > termination point do you get? Is the hardware required by ADSL supported
> > by Linux? What sort of speed can you expect?
> >
>
> ADSL shares a standard phone line with voice. Essentially the line is
> multiplexed, with ADSL sitting at very high frequencies and can therefore be
> separated easily. Provided your lines are up to it, a filter is put on at the
>
> point the line enters the property or the building, and then the 2 parts are
> led
> to separate jack points. Each jack point is a standard BT style jack
> (ie,indistinguishable from a standard jack).
>
> In our case, we have an external Nokia M10 ADSL modem rented from Telecom -
> can't
> buy them yet. It is on a separate sub-net to the house network, and the Linux
>
> box
> gateways through to it through a separate card. If I was active enough I
> would
> have put a second IP on the same card, but no time at the moment. I have had
> to
> masquerade the internal net as I don't have enough config rights on the modem
>
> (yet) to add the static routes required.
>
> In essence, we are therefore permanently connected to the internet.
> Connection
> time for the modem is of the order of a second or less (similar to ISDN).
> Throughput is guaranteed by Telecom to be 2 Mbits (ie approx 20K), but sits
> at
> up to 6Mbits in short bursts. Certainly a couple of downloads I watched were
> sitting at 20K/sec. ISDN gets 13K max.
>
> In all, a very clean solution and I expect to be happy with it. Comes at a
> bit
> of a premium. Modem rental $30 per month, additional line rental $30 per
> month,
> ISP connection $20 for 600Mb per month. Think its worth it though.
>
> There is a lot of detail on http://www.telecom.co.nz/jetstream
>
> David H
>
> >
> > I know very little about ADSL (other than the basics), and so any
> > practical advice would be very helpful.
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > jk
>
> Dima Nemchenko wrote:
>
> > John Krivitsky wrote:
> > >
> > > Can somebody please recommend ISDN modems or modem cards that:
> > >
> > > 1) Are supported by Linux (with appropriate module installed)
> > > 2) Work well with pppd
> > > 3) Work in Australia (I believe we use the Euro standard)
> > >
> > > Any hints and tips, gotchas and general comments and advice would be
> > > extremely appreciated.
> > >
> > > Kindest regards,
> > >
> > > jk
> > >
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> > i just wish to second this request. i have _not_ yet looked for an ISDN
> > HOWTO, though :)
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