From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 23 08:46:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA09957 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA09952 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA18132; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:49:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:49:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199706231549.LAA18132@sabre.goldsword.com> To: jas@flyingfox.com, jfarmer@goldsword.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: ISDN Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, tomthai@future.net Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 02:39:50 -0400 (EDT) "John T. Farmer" said: > >By the By, someone mentioned that the I-courier has two serial ports >on it. So far, I've not found any information that says this. What >I have found is related to the number of analog POTS ports on the box. > I hate to follow up on my own post, but... The notes I was checking about the i-courier were related to the external "single" unit. If you go with the MP/8-I box, it appears to have 2 serial interfaces on each "modem" card with x2 & v.34bis available on both channels. So, for a simple proof of principle case: Individual I-couriers 4 x $300 + power strip + mounting + cables = ~$1350 The MP/8-I box $2800 + cables = ~$3000 Features wise: Individual I-couriers, 4 ISDN, x2, v.34bis users at a time (without additional modems) MP/8-I box, 4 128k ISDN, 8 64k ISDn, x2, v.34bis users at a time. So, for twice the price, you get a cleaner installation that will support more users. It's clear that using the individual I-couriers, while ok for a testing phase, is not a good long-term solution for x2 support. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting