Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:44:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? Message-ID: <Pine.AUX.3.91.960313102359.25177B-100000@covina.lightside.com>
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Microsoft's Web page now has an entire section called "Get ISDN" encouraging consumers to install ISDN lines, and making it just a matter of completing a fill-out form and they will forward your request to your phone company. Presumably they will also sign you up to Microsoft Network, I didn't try it. :-) Anyway, my question is this: Other than the ISDN telephones at work, I have no experience with ISDN, but it does sound like something I would eventually want. It looks like I may be receiving a free ISDN Internet connection through work, and even a free ISDN adapter, but I will have to pay for the line installation myself. The Microsoft page has a lot of information on ISDN, but I think I'll have to take a lot of it with a grain of salt, for example, the section on "provisioning": >"ISDN is a very powerful and flexible service, providing support for >solutions as diverse as PC connectivity, burglar alarm monitoring, and >virtual PBX telephone services. There are hundreds of options possible on >an ISDN line. The power and flexibility of ISDN can make it a very complex >process to get configured just right. > If you request an ISDN line through the Get ISDN Now facility on >this web site, your line will be configured by default for connection to a >Windows-based PC and you can avoid the complicated provisioning process >altogether. " Now, the idea of configuring the ISDN for a "Windows-based PC" sounds like typical Microsoft-speak, but is the provisioning process as difficult as MS makes it out to be if I don't go through them? Also, I just checked FreeBSD's ISDN support as of -current, and it only supports two "Dr. Neuheus" brand internal ISDN adapters! Does this mean that, given a choice, I should ask for an external ISDN modem? If so, which brands are recommended for use with FreeBSD? Also, am I correct to assume that an external ISDN modem is treated just like a regular Hayes-compatible modem, or does it require special kernel support? Thanks in advance (this info should be included in the FreeBSD handbook or FAQ, BTW..). ---Jake
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