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From: Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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Subject: Re: BISDN & FreeBSD
To: plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers)
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:49:27 +0000 ()
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In-Reply-To: <87ohkm5s7i.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> from Peter Mutsaers at "Aug 8, 96 08:02:25 am"
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> Hello,
> 
> On the ISDN list I asked about sync PPP for BISDN. Someone told me
> that it would be implemented soon for NetBSD (no modem emulation
> coming alas).
> 
> Then I asked about FreeBSD, and he said that work was only for NetBSD,
> but that someone can port it to FreeBSD. It requires a modified kernel
> PPP and PPPD.
> 
> My question: is someone tracking BISDN and porting it to FreeBSD? Any
> chance of sync PPP on ISDN available anytime soon?
> 
> As much as I hate it, but I'll have to install Linux tonight since
> that is the only system I can really use with my new ISDN connection.
> 
> This is a good example of how extremely counterproductive the BSD
> splits are, and that although Linux is much less clean, the large
> numbers are a big advantage: much more hardware support and software
> available. It just never hit me personally until now.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Mutsaers  |  Abcoude (Utrecht),
> plm@xs4all.nl   |  the Netherlands
> 

I remember a bisdn package on "www.muc.ditec.de"
Werner