On Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:03:21 -0700, Kevin Traas wrote: >> We ended >> up getting a Zyxel TA128U. It's an external and we're only using one >> channel and it works just fine. Any external should work as long as >> it supports "PPP Sync-to-Async" conversion. You just set up a dial >> script and once you get "CONNECT" you return from the chat script >> and off it goes. It works flawlessly for us here and I see up to >> 6.5KB/sec transfer rates (one B channel, not two). > >Thanks for the info. One thing I'm interested in is configuring things so >that I can establish a 1 or 2 B channel connection on demand. My ISP >supports Multilink PPP; therefore, I'd like to set things up so that if I >know I'm going to be needing all the bandwidth I can get, I'll establish >the connection using the two B channels. (It would be great if the Linux >box could be set to timeout after a period of bandwidth "saturation", drop >the single B channel connection, and then reconnect using both B >channels....)
This is handled by the TA. www.zyxel.com >The other problem I've got is in using an external ISDN TA and both B >channels is that I'm going to have to have a high-end serial port that >supports 230,400bps or more if possible.... Right now, the Linux box I'm >using to connect to my ISP is only using a 16450 UART. I'll have to >upgrade that, too. I wonder if I can drive a 16550 beyond 115,200.... No but a 16650 can got to 460K. www.byterunner.com I'm just not sure there is a linux driver for them.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave 'Kill a Cop' Cinege (aka Psychopath #3) --- Super Genius at Large The Oklahoma City Federal building bombing - Americas first response to government abuse http://www.psychosis.com/ Libertarian Party 1-800-682-1776 http://www.lp.org/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
