Re: ISDN-Question

["drew einhorn" <drew@technteach.com>]

On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 04:50, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
> <http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0311/msg00122.html> and replies),
> I found that my best bet was an external ISDN terminal adapter ("TA",
> often misdescribed as a "modem") which talked a modem-style AT command
> set to my OpenBSD box via a serial port.  

> I have this setup working fine now.  My ISDN TA is a Zyxel Omni TA-128
> which I bought for 30 or 40 Euros on E-bay.  With a serial port speed
> of 115200 baud, I get typical speeds for scp-ing files or downloading
> web pages of around 10K bytes/second; so far I've put no effort into
> optimizing the many settings (both in ppp(8) and the ISDN TA) which
> might improve this.
> 

Or if you want to squeeze the last bit of bandwidth out of the isdn line
get a cisco 800 series router or a 3com lan modem with ethernet out.
Should be able to get one for USD 50 (a lot more if you buy the first
one that comes along or a bit less if you hold out for a while, as
usual).  The Cisco has a few more bells and whistles and a bunch of
models with slightly different bells and whistles.  If you get the 3com
(LAN Modem 3c892a) you have to turn off the nat, it's broken.

> ciao,
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drew einhorn <drew@technteach.com>
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