From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 8 23:28:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06017 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:28:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Tasha.STARDreams.org (maccess-01-070.magna.com.au [203.111.85.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA05944 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:28:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevla@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au) Received: from EventHorizon (EventHorizon.STARDreams.org [10.144.144.1]) by Tasha.STARDreams.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA29329; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 02:27:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from kevla@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981009162539.00a875e0@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au> X-Sender: kevla@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 16:25:39 +1000 To: Steve Kaczkowski From: Kevin Lam Subject: Re: FreeBSD & DSL technology Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <361D4751.32573C4E@inc.net> References: <361D2331.6956@wgn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 18:14 10/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Not really sure what the point of this is, a PairGain Megabit modem >setup (both sides) will run you around $1500. I haven't seen any PC card >type of solutions that are worth a damn, stand alone router,bridges (in >this case) are the way to go IMHO.... > >We've got a couple of the Megabit modems in use and once you get the >wiring correct (took me a little while to get it right :) ) it's ROCK >solid. Plug the buggers in on both sides, find a port on your hub and >you're golden, some of the easiest stuff I've ever used... Does the PairGain unit use standard phone wiring or does it require special wiring on the part of the telco? -- K "Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message