From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 2 14:28:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA24215 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 2 May 1997 14:28:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smokey.prismnet.com (root@smokey.prismnet.com [205.166.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA24210 for ; Fri, 2 May 1997 14:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from greg@localhost) by smokey.prismnet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA22402; Fri, 2 May 1997 16:28:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Greg Stringfellow Message-Id: <199705022128.QAA22402@smokey.prismnet.com> Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements In-Reply-To: <199705022037.UAA02024@veda.is> from Adam David at "May 2, 97 08:37:55 pm" To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 16:28:28 -0500 (CDT) Cc: vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- Greg Stringfellow PrismNet, Inc. - Austin, TX USA Network Administration WWW Pages, ISDN, Telnet, Dialup Accounts HTTP://www.prismnet.com Phone: (512)-418-1568 "The trouble with the rat race is, even if you win, you're still a rat"