From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 18 06:50:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA06746 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 06:50:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA06734 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 06:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA09840; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:32:58 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199709181232.OAA09840@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: ISDN Modems To: jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org (Jamil J. Weatherbee) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:32:57 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl, root@bmccane.uit.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Jamil J. Weatherbee" at Sep 18, 97 00:07:36 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > To be honest with you I thought about this for a few months, If you in the > US the best solution is something like an Ascend Pipeline 50 router (no > firewall) ($599), with a crossover (included) to an inexpensive NE2000 > card ($40). This is about twice as expensive as a Motorola Bitsurfer I think in europe as well it is way more convenient to have a router instead of an internal card. Prices are in fact comparable (I would say even a little bit lower) to those mentioned above, and going through a messy serial device driver does not help at all. The simplicity in setting up things pays back much more than the extra cost. Now if ISDN cards were sold in volumes and priced reasonably (i.e. as much as an NE2000, since they are actually simpler!) and accessed through a dedicated device driver, then things would certainly be different. Cheers Luigi