From owner-freebsd-isdn Fri May 15 04:44:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA07223 for freebsd-isdn-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 04:44:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iservern.teligent.se (iservern.teligent.se [194.17.198.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA07216 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 04:44:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jakob@teligent.se) Received: from datorn.teligent.se (datorn.teligent.se [192.168.2.31]) by iservern.teligent.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA07126; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:43:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jakob@teligent.se) Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 13:43:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Jakob Alvermark To: Martin Nilsson cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question: How to connect TA In-Reply-To: <355C2021.39C02B12@filex.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id EAA07219 Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 15 May 1998, Martin Nilsson wrote: > I'm thinking about getting an ISDN connection at home. > I'm considering buying a Zyxel Omni TA 128 terminal adapter, > but after having read the specificatitons I've got a bit confused: > It says that it does PPP with CHAP/PAP etc. and connects to the > serial port at up to 460kbit/s. It is also possible to talk to it > via AT commands just like an ordinary modem. > > How do I connect this beast to my FreeBSD machine? (2.2 stable) > I thought that I could just replace my old modem and change the > connect parameters and then use userland-ppp as usual. > But if the TA already speaks ppp to the other end who will iijppp > talk to? > > Can somebody please clarify the above. > Also is there support in FreeBSD for async serial cards with speed > above 115k. I use the Omni.net TA with FreeBSD, and it works just great. What the TA does is speaking ppp with the other end and translates async to sync ppp and vice versa. It also handles bandwith on demand etc etc. I use iijppp exactly as I used it with a modem, no problems. About the serial cards, I took a serial card wich had maxium speed of 115k2 and exchanged the crystal to one with double the frequency. Works with no problems. I tell iijppp to set the port speed to 115k2, and the card is actually running at 230k4. I think most of the "high speed" serial cards on the market today works in the same manner. You can clock-double or -quadruple it. What ever speed you set your terminal to is actually double or quad. /Jakob Alvermark ------------------------------------------------------- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message