From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 15 07:39:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA02248 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:39:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA02243 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:39:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA13618; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:42:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:42:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199709151442.KAA13618@sabre.goldsword.com> To: rewt@i-Plus.net Subject: Re: Digital Modem choices Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 15:54:20 -0400 "Troy Settle" said: > >This probably is off-topic, as it's not really related to FreeBSD. > >With that said, I'd like to say that we've had nothing but the best of luck >with Ascend products. We've had a 4004 since last January, and the total >downtime on it has been about 45 minutes while upgrading from analog to >digital modems. I can't speak for the 4048, but Ascend's overheating >problems seem to have gone down quite a bit since the advent of digital >modems. > >Since I've used neither, I can't comment on the Cisco or the Livingston. > >If you haven't seen it yet, http://www.k56flex.com seems to have some fairly >decent informaion on the subject. To bring it back on topic, there was recently on the list a request from a vendor (Phylon Tech. at http://www.phylon.com/) looking for help in writing & testing FreeBSD drivers for their cards. Currently they have W*nNT support. From the looks of it, it (as well as other vendors cards) use the MVIP bus (as used in voice-mail pc's, Computer based Telephony apps, etc.) to tie things together. But it looks like it's is/will be possible to buy/build your own "ascend" replacement soon using FreeBSD... Open standards hardware, open standards software... I like it... 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