Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:05:32 -0600 From: "Jim Shewmaker" <jimshewmaker@calvarychapel.com> To: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD and ISDN Message-ID: <199904082016.OAA19154@pearly.csn.calvarychapel.com>
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Hi, Any thoughts on my situation would be greatly appreciated. I am planning on using FreeBSD and ISDN for our Internet gateway. I currently have a 2.2.8 Box with a V.90 modem in it. I plan on using FreeBSD 3.1-Release on a different 486-100 with 16 MB RAM and only a 540 MB hard drive. I already have been given an Adtran TA. I have never used ISDN for internet before. I plan on using USWest's BRI plan that is geared to support the 2 B channels, but more than 2 should work according to their tech support. I also would like to just use the asynch ports on the motherboard unless somebody has good reasons why I shouldn't. I wouldn't mind using a nice synch, but if I can postpone it until my next budget, I will. Here is a twist: We need the ISDN for a live audio feed that we rebroadcast. Currently it is once or twice a day for about 1.5 hours, with special day long events four times a year. The smaller shows only need mono (one B channel), but I have to give up both channels on the special events. I am looking into using more than two B channels so that we can still have our web and email servers available to the rest of the Internet. It would also be great if I can keep the multilink dynamic enough to automatically adjust between using 1 to 4 channels so that the audio people are unaffected, as well as somebody downloading a file. Anyway, since I am looking at doing this as a semi-dedicated line, is there anything I need to worry about accept for making my idle timeouts huge? Another minor consideration is that in the future they plan on serving real audio on this web server via this ISDN to the listeners on the Internet. Any thoughts and all comments would be greatly appreciated, might as well do this right the first time. Jim Shewmaker Network and Systems CSN International To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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