From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 23 12:53:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA00758 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from counterintelligence.ml.org (mdean.vip.best.com [206.86.94.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA00744 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:53:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jamil@localhost) by counterintelligence.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA00190; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:52:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:52:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" To: Wm Brian McCane cc: Joerg Wunsch , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISDN Modems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I can verify that the Pipelines do have this ability however make sure that the other end is using ascend hardware -- otherwise things like STAC compression etc. won't work. > I intentionally compared apples to oranges. I don't transfer very many > compressed binary files, but I do transfer a LOT of UseNet news and > e-mail. (Not the binary groups, so don't put uuencode in the > conversation). I am targetting MY needs. I have decided on the Pipeline > 50's partially because their documentation says that they will compress > data received on the 10BaseT port at rates "up to" 512K/second 8-P. > (Yeah, like I'll believe that when I see it 8). I have looked at the > iijppp, and the "new" ppp changes to support BSD Comp in Kernel, it looks > nice, but my ISP uses LPM3's and Windows NT, so I don't think it will help. > > brian > > +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ > He rides a cycle of mighty days, and \ Wm Brian and Lori McCane > he represents the last great schizm \ McCane Consulting > among the gods. Evil though he obviously \ root@bmccane.uit.net > is, he is a mighty figure, this father of \ http://bmccane.uit.net/ > my spirit, and I respect him as the sons \ http://bmccane.uit.net/~pictures/ > of old did the fathers of their bodies. \ http://bmccane.uit.net/~bmccane/ > Roger Zelazny - "Lord of Light" \ http://bmccane.uit.net/~bbs/ > +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ > >