From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Oct 10 01:01:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA04286 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 01:01:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dream.future.net (future.net [204.130.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA04246 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 01:01:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomthai@future.net) Received: from dream.future.net (tomthai@[204.130.134.20] (may be forged)) by dream.future.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id CAA18648; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 02:53:05 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 02:53:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Tom T. Thai" To: Calvin Meloon cc: Kevin Lam , Steve Kaczkowski , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD & DSL technology In-Reply-To: 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 maybe the "alarm circuit" should come from the same switch too? On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Calvin Meloon wrote: > 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 > .............. .................................... Thomas T. Thai Infomedia Interactive Communications tom@iic.net TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message