From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 9 22:21:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA04975 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 22:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA04968 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 22:21:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.7.5/8.6.9) id AAA03164; Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:21:02 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199608100521.AAA03164@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: ISDN Recommendations Requested... To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:21:02 -0500 (EST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at Aug 10, 96 01:06:42 am Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Hi... > > I'm just about to look into getting an ISDN line into my > system, mainly to reduce some lag between myself and a couple of > local sites I talk to... > Cool, I am jealous. :-). > I figure I have two choices, one is an ISDN modem, one is an > ISDN card. > How's about a router (like an Ascend Pipeline-50 or equiv?) They are a little more expensive though. We use Pipeline-50's, pipeline-25's at work (also Cisco 2500 and Ascend Max 4000, but those are too big for your app.) If you talk to something through your serial port, you will likely get less throughput (due to start/stop bits.) The router solution will give you everything that you can get through two B channels on a BRI. John