From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 12 16:52:24 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA08678 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 16:52:24 -0700 Received: from io.org (root@io.org [142.77.27.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA08672 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 16:52:22 -0700 Received: from trepan.io.org (apollo@trepan.io.org [198.133.36.8]) by io.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA26088; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 19:50:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 19:50:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Herdman To: "Mike O'Brien" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ISDN connection: serial, or ethernet? In-Reply-To: <199506122337.QAA08290@freefall.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Mike O'Brien wrote: > I'm considering installing an ISDN connection, and I'm trying to figure > out which of the two methods usually used in the U.S. would be better: an ISDN > 'modem' that connects to a serial port, or something like the Ascend Pipeline 50 HX, > which connects to an Ethernet interface. If you can afford it, go for the Ascend. They are wonderful boxes, and being totally OS independant is a big plus. Plus they make great router's for network <---> isdn with no extra software required. No i don't work for ascend. Andrew