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John Garnett wrote:
> 
> What Linux ISDN card/driver combinations will communicate (via ISDN line)
> with a multiuser Ascend Pipeline 50?  I want to avoid any solutions that
> will be limited by the speed of the Linux serial port (like the
> Motorola Bitsurfer).

I'm not sure I understand here.  If you install an ISDN card
on the PC's bus, then it has nothing to do with serial ports
(or are you simply trying to avoid being deluged with replies
about ISDN equipment hanging off the serial ports?)

While ISDN is ISDN (sort of), everyone uses different compression
schemes, and occasionally has other extras - none of which
interoperate.  SO, while any ISDN interface should talk to any
other (at least in the same country) they will be definitely
be communicating at teh lowest common denominator.

>Also, I don't want to go to the expense of installing
> a standalone ISDN/Ethernet bride or router on the Linux side.  What

An ethernet bride.  Now *that's* a scary thought!
While it's a non inexpensive solution, the bet
solution - at least until recently - was also for
most of us the only solution (unless we wanted to
write drivers): an ethernet card hooked to an external
box such as the P50.  Even a low-end 3com card will
handle ISDN rates with no problem.

> I'd like to do is install (inside the Linux box) an internal ISDN card with
> an ISDN driver or an ISDN card that emulates an NE2000 Ethernet card,

First you have to find out what works at all.  I know that
as of early this month that list was still extremely short -
there were maybe 1 or 2 cards listed as having Linux drivers,
and I believe those were still experimental.  Look in the latest
hardware FAQ/howto for further information.


> The question is which of the Linux ISDN card/driver combinations (if any)
> best interoperates with the multiuser Ascend Pipeline 50?  Any contact
> information (WWW sites, phone numbers, etc) for the various vendors is
> welcome.

Again, assuming there is anything that will work at all,
nothing will communicate nearly as well with an Ascend as
an Ascend - at least to date.  I'm really hoping Ascend will
start selling cards, or license the technology to someone to
do so - soon!

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