Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 20:17:06 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: Andrew.Gordon@net-tel.co.uk Cc: smp@csn.net, hardware@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re(2): isdn cards Message-ID: <199702100417.UAA00491@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <"be7-970210002711-4D07*/G=Andrew/S=Gordon/O=NET-TEL Computer from "Andrew.Gordon@net-tel.co.uk" at "Feb 10, 97 00:27:45 am"
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> > I have just been kicking around the idea of using the motorola isdn > > bitsurfr pro ISA (ie, the internal card as oppossed to the external > > device) as one would the external device. Specifically the box says > > is uses an internal 16550 with the standard AT command set. So given > > that I have already setup a PPP connection on FreeBSD with kernel PPP > > and an external bitsurfr, wouldn't it also be possible to do the same > > with the ISA card version (although I suspect I would have no access to > > the fancy SOHO features till a true driver was written)? > > Has anyone tried this? > > Are you sure that the internal bitsurfr is actually any different to > the external (in the sense that an internal modem is no different > to an external one). On the one hand, if it really does emulate > a 16550 faithfully, it will work straight away but give you all > the limitations of an external TA; on the other hand, if it doesn't > you will be straight into writing a device driver for undocumented > hardware before you even get started. It's both... the internal bitsurfr has a COM port emulation as well as a higher speed (ie., > 115200 bps) proprietary interface. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com
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