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Richard Ashton wrote:
> 
> In article <slrn70ijk8.10.keithm@sweeney.demon.co.uk>
>            keithm@sweeney.demon.co.uk "
> " writes:
> 
> } With Home Highway now (supposedly) available the time has come to
> } look seriously at ISDN for Demon access.

Me too, but I already have 2 POTS lines from different suppliers...

> }
> } Has anyone tried it from O/S 2, if so with which TA did you use and
> }  how much hassle was there?
> 
> HH is ISDN. You need a TA with HH an internal is best, the problem is
> finding one that supports OS/2 drivers. The Teles 16.3 or the, Teles
> PnP for the terminaly insane, both have CAPI [Common ISDN Aplication
> Programming Interface] at v1.1 and Version 2. I have seen them offered
> at around 60 UKP. This is what most of us seem to use.

I am trying to set up a small network at home. 3 computers variously
running Win95, Win NT4W, Win NT5S EE beta, OS/2 v4, Linux (RH 5.1 and
Suse 5.2). Which of these is the Teles compatible with? The Teles www
site is still under construction.

The alternative to avoid OS compatibility problems that I was
considering was a combined standalone router and hub, but �400?

> 
> An RJ45 cable [4wire] connects the card to the NT9 socket provided by
> BT. You need a dialer, ISDNPM29.zip  + ISDN29b.exe fix does this well,
> but does not do ppp multilink, neither do Demon yet. Registering
> ISDNPM about 30UKP gets NAT or Masquerading for lans.

Masquerading for lans could be handy for me.

> 
> Very easy to set up if you have someone like me or B{HK} to mail as
> all problems are solved, many other neat tricks available by mail.

An offer I couldn't refuse... Thanks

> 
> You will be able to run your modems though the POTS ports as well,
> AIUI. As long as you are certain that you understand the costings
> then ISDN is magnificient. Compression is not available under OS/2.

I wasn't aware that compression was available under ISDN at all! Does
Demon do it? Do all TAs do it, or just some of them? What kind of
compression is it? Apart from the time it takes to connect, is there
much advantage to ISDN over a 56k modem? Is there a speed limit
somewhere at Demon or the home end which will even things out anyway,
like the serial port running at 115200bps?

> 
> {R}

Questions, questions. I don't expect you to answer all of them, but your
thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

-- 
TIA,
Chris Priest.
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