Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 16:28:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Greg Stringfellow <greg@smokey.prismnet.com> To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Cc: vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements Message-ID: <199705022128.QAA22402@smokey.prismnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199705022037.UAA02024@veda.is> from Adam David at "May 2, 97 08:37:55 pm"
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Adam David said:
> X2 will work on any digital line, ISDN lines are digital lines that also
> support ISDN. Perhaps all digital lines support ISDN with your telco.
> Any modem server can be used for X2 since the modems don't care whether
> the incoming connection is analog or digital (i.e. the modems look like
> "fast modems"), but to get the most out of it you will need the new Z series
> serial ports (to get compression bandwidth). Unfortunately there is no
> FreeBSD driver available for them yet. Therefore, some legwork or brainwork
> will be necessary to get Z-ports to work. On the other hand, how far away
> are we from using Linux drivers with FreeBSD? That would be awesome! :)
Probably the easiest way I have seen to do X2 is to purchase a USR Total
Control 8/I (I think that's the model #). It allows 8 BRIs in and has 8 DB25
outputs. They might have a PRI version, or at least one in the works. I
don't use USR TC gear, so I really don't keep up with it.
> Another question though. Can X2 modems accept 56k connections from Rockwell
> and Motorola (assuming them to be the 3rd player) modems?
No. No standard has really been set yet on a 56k analog protocol so it's
either USR or everyone else.
Greg
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Greg Stringfellow PrismNet, Inc. - Austin, TX USA
Network Administration WWW Pages, ISDN, Telnet, Dialup Accounts
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