🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <4aut38$k4k@gear.torque.net>,
Grant R. Guenther <grant@gear.torque.net> wrote:
>My ISP is now able to offer ISDN, so I'm considering upgrading my dedicated
>line to an ISDN circuit.  Owing to local telco billing practices it is most
>economical for the ISP to call me.  Since I'm only looking to run 64kbps, the
>ISP is recommending a BitSurfr ISDN modem at my end (he uses Ascend P400s).
>
>I've lost track of the state of PPP support in Linux.  Can anybody summarise
>the gotchas that I will encounter if I go this way ?  If anyone is actually
>doing this - taking an incoming PPP connection from a BitSurfr - I'd appreciate
>hearing about your experiences.  Also, any comments about the internal model
>of the BitSurfr would be helpful.
>
>I gather that there's been a lot of instability with respect to pppd
>and recent kernels, what's the consensus at this point ?  

I don't know about the state of the software, but I'm pretty sure that you
wouldn't want to use the regular Bitsurfr with an Ascend P400.  I don't think
the Bitsurfr supports PPP.  Rather, you would want to use the Bitsurfr Pro,
which is a different model.  I work for an ISP, and we are currently testing
different ISDN modems with our service (we use Ascend MAXes).  The Bitsurfr
completely didn't work with our ISDN service, and although I personally
haven't gotten the Bitsurfr Pro to work, I have seen another co-worker get
it to work.