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In article <6ju2cs$1jn$1@beltd.demon.co.uk>,
Andrew Hawkins <Andrew.Hawkins@audiosoft.co.uk> wrote:
>[Please note crossposting, and feel free to divert followups to 
>individual groups where relevant, I read both groups]
>
>Hi all,
>
>We are installing ISDN at work in the next few weeks, and I obviously 
>want to take advantage of this to access Demon.
>
>Can anyone reccomend a suitable ISDN card for connection to Demon 
>using Linux? Also, is there anyone who has prepared a guide to getting 
>an ISDN card working under Linux, connecting to Demon?

I've used both Teles and Sedlbauer cards under Linux.  Both work fine.

>We are currently using diald to control the on-demand dialling, would 
>we continue to use this, or does ISDN use another method.

The ipppd process handles all this for you so you don't need diald.

>How easy is 
>it to adjust what packets cause ISDN to bring up the link (if another 
>method is used).
>
>We also currently use Hylafax to accept faxes and data calls (both shell
>logins and ppp) on the Linux box. Will it be possible to continue to do this
>using the ISDN, or will we need an analogue modem to handle this?

You'll still need an analogue modem for this, but it can be plugged
into some sort of analogue adaptor on your ISDN line.

HTH
John
-- 
John Winters.  Wallingford, Oxon, England.

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