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[Wandered Inn]

Robbie Honerkamp wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 04:26:01PM +0000, Wandered Inn wrote:
> > Eric Z. Ayers wrote:
> > >
> > > $300 isn't high unless you compare it to a serial driven device, and
> > > even then, it's a competititve price.  We've been using an external
> > > Ascend box for a while. It goes through ethernet.  It's hassle free,
> > > but prices of these type devices ranges between $500 and $1200.  A
> > > spellcaster card is a nice low to intermediate range solution.
> >
> > I've got an USR 128K ISDN card, ran about $200.  I thought this was the
> > norm, but maybe I'm wrong.
> 
> The SpellCaster card rocks. They support Linux. Their software, while
> buggy at times, is really slick. You can address each B channel as a
> separate device!

Define buggy at times... :)

> 
> > The ascend box connects to your NIC in your box?  Are there other
> > solutions such as this that I should consider over an internal card?
> 
> The Ascend Pipeline 25/50/75 series are routers. You plug in your ISDN line
> and Ethernet cable, configure it, and you're off. You could connect it
> directly to your NIC with a crossover ethernet cable, but it'd be a waste.

When you say plug in your Ethernet cable, are you referring to a hub? 
I'm confused here, which is quite easily done.

> 
> Robbie

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