From owner-freebsd-isdn Thu Jun 18 20:43:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12634 for freebsd-isdn-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (root@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12628 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA05489; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:43:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:43:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Archie Cobbs cc: Thordur Ivarsson , thivars@est.is, freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Direct connection of two isdn cards In-Reply-To: <199806182356.QAA16170@bubba.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Thordur Ivarsson writes: > > Is it possible to connect to isdn cards directly to each other and start > > communication between them? Without any connection to switch? I was > > thinking of connecting two buildings with isdn cards if it is possible. > > In general, no. The BRI interface is not symmetric like that. > It would be cheaper, easier, and faster (maybe) to grab a couple short-haul modems (who the heck named them "short-haul" anyway?). You can do 115.2k over several kilometers over unconditioned copper pairs depending on the style of modem. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message