Re: ISDN question
Jens Luedicke wrote:
> > What is the difference in Linux, and specifically, why is there a difference?
>
> Windoze can't handle ISDN cards directly, so you'll need to
> setup a little driver that "emulates" a modem, so you can
> work with all the AT commands. Windoze is dumb, and thats
> the reason ;-)
Thanks, Jens, I'm sure we all agree with you there, but I don't think that's the
reason here. I'm using an external ISDN modem, to be exact a "ZyXel omni.net 128k
ISDN TA modem". I get the feeling that any special handling of ISDN cards won't be
of much help to me.
> Linux can handle ISDN cards directly, that means you
> don't need a driver that emulates a modem. If you want
> to use your ISDN card with Linux, you'll need a Linux Kernel
> with ISDN support.
Is this the case with my setup? Or should I just pretend I'm using an ordinary "AT
command" serial port modem, that just so happens to be running at 128k, instead of
the usual 56k? That's how I'm running it under 'doze and OS/2.
> The most ISDN cards have a Siemens
> "HiSax" chip so you'll need to select the the "HiSax"
> driver. I'm running this driver as a kernel-module.
> Configuration => RTFM
>
> Additionally you'll need to get the "isdnutils" package.
> This package provides some ISDN specific tools and
> programs such as "ipppd" and "isdnctrl".
> Configuration => RTFM
Any of the above apply to my setup?
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