From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 20 09:21:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA16969 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:21:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA16938 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:21:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA05607; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:22:33 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:22:33 -0500 Message-Id: <199603201722.MAA05607@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Greg Lehey From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: ISDN: "modem" or board? (Was: Microsoft "Get ISDN"?) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >dennis says: >>> Well, I've been away from the list for a few days, and so much has >>> come in that I don't think it would make sense to respond to each >>> message individually, so here's a summary: >>> >>> 1. Speed of a connection. Some people say "the bottleneck is the B >>> channel, so you can use async instead". >> >> This is the funniest thing I've ever heard......LOL > >Hmm. From that comment, I don't know if you're agreeing with me or >not. I'm not. >Certainly the part you quote didn't come across well: what I was >trying to say was > > Some people say "the bottleneck is the B channel, so using async as > well doesn't add any further load". > This is just as funny..... >I'll stick to that. Using async to connect to an ISDN B channel is a >dinosaur. 64kbs is 64kbs. OF COURSE its the bottlenect, but saying it doesnt matter what you run over it is nonsense. dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX