[ale] ISDN on Linux with synchronous cards?

[Josh Murrah]

I don't know about any of the other questions, but I do know that we use
an _external_ bitsurfer for our 64k at work, and it's great.


Joshua Murrah, jmurrah at salug.org, http://www.salug.org/~jmurrah
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On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Susan Liebeskind wrote:

> At my work, we are planning to run a 128k ISDN connection
> through a Linux box, and need a bit of advice on hardware and
> feasibility.
> 
> Specifically:
> 
> o We'd like to use a synchronous card so that we're not limited by a
> 115k baud async serial connection.
>  
> o We prefer to use a card/modem rather than a bridge/router, so that
> we can use the linux box as a firewall/gateway.
>  
> o Can we make an internal BitSurfer Pro work with Linux?  I did not
> see the BitSurfer listed in the Hardware lists but it is such a
>  popular card. If not the BitSurfer, then what would you recommend
>  instead? 
> 
> o Any particular versions of the kernel recommended, i.e. 2.1.x
>  instead of 2.0 for newer, (read experimental) additional support.
>  
> o pointers to useful links.  We have found the European-centric doc,
> but since ISDN is different in Europe from the States, we are in
> search of documentation focused on setting up ISDN here.
> 
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>  
>  
> Any tips, pointers, horror or success stories appreciated. 
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Susan Liebeskind
> 
> 
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