From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 09:03:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FB516A503; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:03:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC09A43D45; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:03:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martes.wigglesworth@earthlink.net) Received: from [83.170.20.46] (helo=[192.168.1.55]) (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CnvSG-0006qw-6D; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 04:03:18 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Organization:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=C2t2B4rVcV79RAeZEBzLsZVkoWbwn9Q8axJKMif8Iaq4p3Klw7fk5KAc9ZtFNYIO; From: Martes Wigglesworth To: Ian FREISLICH , freebsd-isp list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Wiggtekmicro Corporation Message-Id: <1105347792.3320.130.camel@Mobile1.276NET> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:03:39 +0300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 532caf459ba90ce6996df0496707a79d9bea09fe345ed53d9ef193a6bfc3dd480de9df706756f570d7f699cce738970f8483c75118a9a15a350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 83.170.20.46 cc: ipfw-mailings Subject: Re: Viable FreeBSD Network Access Server projects...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: martes.wigglesworth@earthlink.net List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:03:24 -0000 Good lord. Thanks for all the information. I was thinking of using dedicated hardware, and it almost seems that it would be much simpler to just purchase a Total Control, AS5400, or other PRI appliance, and see how it works, then attempt my project, as a side experiment. I am good with the theories, however, I have yet to actually see how to gateway the digital channelized lines, to the dialup analog lines. Or Would the Channelized T1 simply be used as call-in lines to my data center, then I just have the RAS/NAS connect to the rest of my backbone, via the Radius server (FreeRadius on FreeBSD/OpenBSD) then to my other network resources? I still don't quite have a good picture of why you would need an analog phone line, when you already have channelized service, to supply the 56K 64kbit/s pipe. Or am I just missunderstanding what has been said? Has anyone considered using Asterisk for some sort of telephony gateway solution to this type of topology? I know you can do VOIP, however that is much more advanced than what I am currently attempting to grasp. Also, are there any PRI/Analog/Channelized modem pool resources that anyone can point me to? I have been able to locate a bit of information, however, no one ever actually discloses how the line provisioning can actually be setup. Thanks a bunch, for the information, Ian. -- Respectfully, M.G.W. System: PCChips K7SOM MB AMD K7 Pro 1800 256MB RAM 40GB HD 10/100 NIC FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE