Re: ISDN in Debian 2.0: questions.
On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Remo Badii wrote:
> Moreover, is isdn4linux necessary in addition to the ISDN package that comes
> with Debian? This issue is not addressed in the FAQ.
> In the Debian documentation, I read that isdnutils is all you need to run
> an ISDN connection.
AFAIK isdnutils in debian contains the userspace programs from isdn4linux.
So you don't need to compile it, you just need to compile a kernel with
isdn support (i dont know if the default kernel has it...)
> Can anybody suggest a card (passive, active?)?
I used an avm fritz!card, it is a passive card, but worked ok.
> Does one use plain PPP to connect, or Seyon, or a similar communication
> program?
synchronous ppp, you need ipppd from isdnutils to set it up.
Greg
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