Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 09:09:12 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.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: <199611020809.JAA17841@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199611012142.VAA13493@peedub.gj.org> from Gary Jennejohn at "Nov 1, 96 09:41:59 pm"
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Gary Jennejohn writes: > 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. It's certainly not worth the trouble of getting a carnet. I've never done anything like that. Just take them in with you, as used devices they're below the limit for imports for personal use. Maybe I'm not explaining myself well enough: if somebody in the US has an NT (and I would guess that anybody using both an ISDN phone and a TA would do so; people please correct me if I'm wrong), you'll interface to an S bus, not a Uk0. Greg
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