From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 08:22:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA27943 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:22:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA27904 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from welch.ncd.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA26662; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:05:04 -0800 Received: by ncd.com; id IAA29036; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:53:14 -0800 Received: from z-code.z-code.com(192.82.56.21) by welch.ncd.com via smap (g3.0.1) id xma029028; Thu, 8 Feb 96 08:52:46 -0800 Received: from zolaris.z-code.com (zolaris.z-code.com [192.82.56.41]) by z-code.z-code.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA09783; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:02:03 -0800 Received: by zolaris.z-code.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA04561; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 07:59:52 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <9602080759.ZM4559@zolaris.z-code.com> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 07:59:51 -0800 In-Reply-To: garyj@frt.dec.com "Re: ISDN devices supported?" (Feb 8, 12:06) References: <9602081106.AA00554@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com, Bertus Pretorius Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? Cc: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Feb 8, 12:06, garyj@frt.dec.com wrote: > Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? > > bertus@mikom.csir.co.za writes: > > Hi, > > I had a look in the code to see which ISDN devices are supported. > > I must, to my disgust, admit that I failed. Please could anybody please > > inform my of the ISDN devices supported by FreeBSD and if possible the > > supplier as well. > > > > Thanks > > > > If you want to stick a card into your box then the only cards which are > currently supported are ISA cards from Dr. Neuhaus (the so calles Niccy > cards) or Teles/Creatix in Germany. > > You can hook up a TA (aka. ISDN modem) such as the ZyXel 1486DI (?) > or one from Motorola. Since these hook to the serial port you can handle > them just like an external modem. Jordan Hubbard is using a setup > like this with great success. > > A TA is the most flexible solution since the German cards are designed > for EuroISDN (the European ISDN standard) and there's no guarantee that > they'll work correctly outside of Europe. >-- End of excerpt from garyj@frt.dec.com This is not quite right anymore. The so called EuroISDN is now DSS-1, which is also used by many countries outside europe. I think Japan is one of them. Also is the hardware of the most cards sold in europe, very generic and there should be no problem to use them everywhere (where ISDN exists), it is a matter of the driver software. One example is a SGI Indy which has a built in ISDN interface, based on the same chip used in europe. The SGI Indy has support for >5 different ISDN protocols. The same you get for better PC ISDN cards. Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann, NCD Software, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 phone: 415-899-7941, email: ulf@z-code.ncd.com, phone-home: 510-865-0204 ====================================== FreeBSD 2.1.0 is available now! -------------------------------------- FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations ======================================