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Re: ISDN Cards for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailingl)
Sat Jul 15 11:07:57 1995
From: linux@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailinglist)
To: aleph1@dfw.net (Aleph One)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 13:47:57 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.950714182142.27556A-100000@dfw.net> from "Aleph One" at Jul 14, 95 06:24:40 pm
Reply-To: linux-vger@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
According to Aleph One:
> Hello. I've read that a few people are developing drivers for
> ISDN cards under linux, including Alan. Now I assume this are for
> internal ISDN modems. External modems such as the Zyxels that have an
> extended command set should work just like a regular modem correct?
Of course modems like the (vapor) ZyXEL will be driven like a normal
modem and don't need a special driver.
> Also the Zyxel has a parallel port interace which mean no bottble necks.
I think you have been lured by marketroids.
A connection to a standard parallel port gives more overhead in the PC
than a 16550A connection.
Enhanced ports could do better, but you need to have one.
(don't think parallel means faster. ethernet runs at a much higher speed
and is serial as well)
> Can the serial port be used by software such as dip and minicom on /dev/lp1
> or there is something that needs to be hacked? Thanx for your time.
You can use these programs on a /dev/ttyS port and it should work.
/dev/lp1 will not work as it is.
Rob
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