From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 2 03:44:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA08679 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 03:44:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (mail.sni.de [192.109.2.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA08654 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 03:44:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nerv@localhost) by nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA20358 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:16:55 +0200 Message-Id: <199604021016.MAA20358@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Subject: Re: Internal ISDN Cards To: bernard@cityscape.co.uk (Bernard Jauregui) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 13:37:39 MET DST From: Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, isdn@muc.ditec.de In-Reply-To: ; from "Bernard Jauregui" at Apr 2, 96 9:48 am X-Mailer: xmail 2.4 (based on ELM 2.2 PL16) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Using FreeBSD in all our routers, it would be really good to have ISDN > cards in some some machines, however I can find nothing documented. Yes, I'm afraid documentation is still a problem :-( > Are no generally available cards supported ? Currently supported boards include the Teles and Creatix S0 and Dr. Neuhaus Niccy 3008 and 3009. > Does anyone know of an internal ISDN card that mimics a COM port (as > modems do) ? We've been through quite a lengthy discussion of this point in hackers and the ISDN list recently. The result was that the Germans didn't think much of the modem-style TAs (and the Americans did). I won't bore people with my reasons again, but basically dedicated ISDN boards are cheaper, faster and more reliable. On the down side, we still need to get the software up to scratch. > Has anyone else any experience with ISDN and BSD ? There's a mail list at isdn@muc.ditec.de. At the moment I've forgotten how to sign up--Gary, your call (why didn't you mention this in your reply)? The language is supposed to be English, though sometimes people lapse... > Racal have generously lent me a couple of X.Toll cards. What resources > are available for developing a native BSD driver ? Gary's gone into detail here. What are the boards like? ------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Lehey LEMIS grog@lemis.de Schellnhausen 2 Tel: +49-6637-919123 36325 Feldatal Fax: +49-6637-919122 Germany