Re: Foraying into ISDN: Feasibility? (fwd)

Patrick Greenwell (patrick@value.net)
Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:40:24 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Colin P. Ryan wrote:

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> Hey all,
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> I'm looking at a project I've recieved that requires ISDN as the best
> solutions available. This represents the first foray into ISDN for us and
> I would like to reduce the cap. cost as much as possible.
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> I know that a ISDN router is required as the site end and will probably
> go with the Ascend Pipeline 50. But I was wondering if it's feasible to
> plug in say a nethopper isdn modem into an open Livingston port and avoid
> the cost of paying for additional routing/ether ports.
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> Please comment.
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> Thank you..
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> P.S. I will eventually want to go to 128 k bonded with this client.
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Well Livingston is coming out with a card that will handle 5 BRI lines
real soon. Also be REAL careful with bonding. We found out the hard way
that with the Motorola Bitsurfer, bonding only works in sync mode.
Multlink-PPP works ok though with the Pro, or the newer 3-com boxes.

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