From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 6 11:01:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA05649 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:01:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from kilgour.nething.com (kilgour.nething.com [204.253.210.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA05633 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:01:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rberndt@nething.com) Received: from randy.nething.com (randy.nething.com [204.253.210.83]) by kilgour.nething.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA19773; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:57:39 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971106125914.006b5ddc@nething.com> X-Sender: rberndt@nething.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 12:59:14 -0600 To: Mark Segal , marcin@v-m.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Randy Berndt Subject: Re: Modem Recomendation... In-Reply-To: <3461F3E8.8E63DB2B@club-web.com> References: <3461E93B.E453B02B@v-m.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Leaving the x2 / Flex flame wars aside, here are some things to consider: 1) What do most of your customers have? (90% of the decision right there.) 2) When the standard (whatever it is) is adopted, will your current purchase be SOFTWARE upgradeable to the standard? At no cost? Is this guaranteed by the modem vendor? (by the way, the x2 answers are: yes, yes, yes. Older flex is hardware replacement, newer (I think) is software. No cost option will vary by manufacturer. Caveat Emptor squared!) 3) (If you already know this, my apologies, but it is important.) Remember that on your (ISP) side, the modem must be connected DIGITALLY to the phone network (ISDN, T-1, etc). You cannot put an analog x2/flex modem on the ISP side. If you are buying extra modems, I assume you would be filling space in whatever equipment you have now. This should limit your choices significantly :-) 4) There is at least one vendor (Bay, I think) that has a box that can contain x2 and flex modems at the same time. (The x2 license prohibits mixing "in a chassis". The Bay license looks at each card inserted in the box as a "separate chassis". Lawyers.... go figure. At 11:44 AM 11/6/97 -0500, Mark Segal wrote: >Marcin Pasek wrote: >> >> I am looking to buy extra modems what models do you guys use and >> recomend for use in the ISP infostructure. >> 56.k Flex ---- >> 56K 2X ------ >Personaly I think You should get flex over x2 because.. it seems >everyone (Cisco, Ascend, many modem manufactures) other than USR and >3com (now happily married) believe flex will be adopted as the standard. > >mark >-- >Mark Segal >mark@club-web.com >System Administrator - Club-Web Inc. > > Randy Berndt ---------------------------------- AOS/VS, Win95, FreeBSD, WinNT, DOS, Win311: I'm caught in a twisty little maze of operating systems, all different.