Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:03:39 +0300 From: Martes Wigglesworth <martes.wigglesworth@earthlink.net> To: Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za>, freebsd-isp list <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Cc: ipfw-mailings <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Viable FreeBSD Network Access Server projects...? Message-ID: <1105347792.3320.130.camel@Mobile1.276NET> In-Reply-To: <E1CnsIk-0006Un-00@hetzner.co.za> References: <E1CnsIk-0006Un-00@hetzner.co.za>
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Good lord. Thanks for all the information. I was thinking of using dedicated hardware, and it almost seems that it would be much simpler to just purchase a Total Control, AS5400, or other PRI appliance, and see how it works, then attempt my project, as a side experiment. I am good with the theories, however, I have yet to actually see how to gateway the digital channelized lines, to the dialup analog lines. Or Would the Channelized T1 simply be used as call-in lines to my data center, then I just have the RAS/NAS connect to the rest of my backbone, via the Radius server (FreeRadius on FreeBSD/OpenBSD) then to my other network resources? I still don't quite have a good picture of why you would need an analog phone line, when you already have channelized service, to supply the 56K 64kbit/s pipe. Or am I just missunderstanding what has been said? Has anyone considered using Asterisk for some sort of telephony gateway solution to this type of topology? I know you can do VOIP, however that is much more advanced than what I am currently attempting to grasp. Also, are there any PRI/Analog/Channelized modem pool resources that anyone can point me to? I have been able to locate a bit of information, however, no one ever actually discloses how the line provisioning can actually be setup. Thanks a bunch, for the information, Ian. -- Respectfully, M.G.W. System: PCChips K7SOM MB AMD K7 Pro 1800 256MB RAM 40GB HD 10/100 NIC FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE
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