From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Oct 9 07:31:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA09802 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:31:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from marlin.corp.gulf.net (marlin.corp.gulf.net [198.69.72.17] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA09789 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:31:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from calvin@marlin.corp.gulf.net) Received: from marlin.corp.gulf.net (calvin@marlin.corp.gulf.net [206.105.61.2]) by marlin.corp.gulf.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA17416; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:30:33 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:30:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Calvin Meloon Reply-To: Calvin Meloon To: Kevin Lam cc: Steve Kaczkowski , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD & DSL technology In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981009162539.00a875e0@studentmail.dis.unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Kevin Lam wrote: > 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? > For ADSL, the telco installs dry copper alarm circuits. No load coils can be used as their signal interfers with ADSL. On the PairGain, you can use regular cat-5 cabling. _____ __ _ / ___/__ _/ / __(_)__ Gulf Coast Internet Calvin M. Meloon / /__/ _ `/ / |/ / / _ \ Pensacola, FL Unix Administrator \___/\_,_/_/|___/_/_//_/ (850)438-5700 writer of code ~~~~ calvin@gulf.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proponent of FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message