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Re: ISDN in the UK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Payne)
Wed Sep 4 20:36:46 1996
To: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
From: thp@cs.ucr.edu (Tom Payne)
Date: 3 Sep 1996 22:44:10 GMT
RHS Linux User <djk@dirk1.tobit.co.uk> wrote:
: Just to make my question clearer: I am interested in using one of the
: supported (or A. Cox Esq written) ISDN drivers in the kernel, together
: with a suitable internal card running at least one 64K syncronous PPP or
: HDLC channel.
: As I understand it, currently, the ISDN adaptors supported only seem to
: work in Germany (they are apparently German cards). As the supporters of
: the cards are also German, living in Germany, converse in German, on
: German speaking mailing lists there doesn't seem much prospect of
: something working in the UK (I am in one of pessimistic moods!).
: I would love to be taking to task over the previous paragraph (I could
: start fantasizing at this point... but I shall resist manfully.. ).
: To repeat the question: has anyone got one of the 'supported' ISDN cards
: in the kernel working in the UK.
I have a similar question regarding ISDN for the U.S. Specifically,
I've been led to believe that adapters that appear to software as
analog modems or ethernet controllers are no particular problem. Of
greater interest, however, are the lower cost and more flexible
passive adapters, like the Teles. I'm told that the Cardinal is the
only such passive adapter for the U.S. market. To what extent is it
(likely to be) supported under Linux?
Tom Payne
