From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 27 1:59:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA19937B42C for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 01:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8R8wxv35988; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:58:59 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from jhay) From: John Hay Message-Id: <200009270858.e8R8wxv35988@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: Sync serial cards for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <200009252014.OAA06396@harmony.village.org> from Warner Losh at "Sep 25, 2000 02:14:56 pm" To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:58:59 +0200 (SAT) Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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. > > I know there was just a discussion on this, but it seemed to meander a > lot w/o any clear consensus forming. Did anybody cull the tread down > into a list of potential suppliers? > We have support for the DataFire SYNC 570i ISA and PCI cards from Digi (www.digi.com) using the ar(4) driver and also the WANic 400/405 PCI cards from SDL (www.sdlcomm.com) using the sr(4) driver. I don't know about their pricing though. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message