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Date:      Fri, 01 Nov 1996 21:41:59 +0000
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@munich.netsurf.de>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD current users), isdn@muc.ditec.de (FreeBSD ISDN Distribution List)
Subject:   Re: Any ISDN-BRI cards work under FreeBSD? 
Message-ID:  <199611012142.VAA13493@peedub.gj.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Nov 1996 09:20:59 %2B0100." <199611010821.JAA19826@freebie.lemis.de> 

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Greg Lehey writes:
>Gary Jennejohn writes:
>> J Wunsch writes:
>>>As garyj@frt.dec.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm going to be in California from Nov 7 til Nov 28 and would be more
>>>> than willing to bring a pair of (ISA) cards from Germany and try to get th
>e
>>>> bisdn code working in the US. I already asked Jordan, but he can't
>>>> accomodate me. Is there anyone in the Bay Area who has ISDN and a pair
>>>> of boxes who'd be willing to make them available for this ?
>>>
>>>Don't forget to carry an NT with you.  I think in the US, unlike
>>>Europe, NTs are not owned by the Telco's and thus are often integrated
>>>into the peripherals.
>>
>> yeah, Hellmuth Michaelis pointed this out in no uncertain terms ! I
>> guess it won't be practical, so I hereby retract my request.
>
>Why?  You were looking for somebody who already has an ISDN line.  Now
>you're looking for somebody with an ISDN line and an NT.
>

I decided it wasn't worth the hassle of getting a carnet for 2 boards only
to discover that the cards won't work because they use an S0 interface and
the US uses Uk0. I wasn't really aware of the difference until Hellmuth
mentioned it.

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Gary Jennejohn
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