From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Sep 26 9: 6:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from peony.ezo.net (peony.ezo.net [206.102.130.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A65E37B422 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:06:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jflowers@localhost) by peony.ezo.net (8.11.0.Beta3/8.11.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id e8QGVhi84966; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:31:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:31:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Flowers To: Warner Losh Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sync serial cards for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <200009252014.OAA06396@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My suggestion of the Sangoma card was too rich for the original poster's pocketbook but at something like $650 it's still a pretty good bet with an on-board FT-1 (actually it's a BAT and the GUI monitor even looks exactly like the front of a BAT FT-1). So far we've turned up 4 or 5 of these without a problem. They do provide a FreeBSD 4.X driver and a curses based setup program for both the sync card and the FT-1. They have a support forum and a guy who seems able to provide the FreeBSD support they claim. The Win##/NT GUI monitor is convenient. Frame relay is supported (at least on the FT-1 port). Could connect the second sync connection to existing 56K (64K robbed bit?) if an RS-232 connection and HDLC. Then just plug the future T-1 network cable into the on-board CSU/DSU. S508/FT1 ISA/16 bit. Even run in parallel, if desired. Not sure whether the S514/FT1 PCI/32 bit can be used without the CUS/DSU or not but sync only would do. Jim Flowers #4 ranked ISP on C|NET #1 in Ohio On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > I have a buddy that's looking into the possibility of switching ISPs. > He currently has a 56k async line (the old kind, not a 56k modem). > He's looking for a sync card he can put into a freebsd box (or linux > if he has to) that he can connect to the 56k line he gets from his > telco that would go to the new ISP. I think frame relay is desirable, > as is being able to upgrade to a T1 in time, but for the most part he > just needs to be able to support the 56k line he has in place. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message