🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:48:34 +0100, John Ineson
<${spam}$@sneakerpimp.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3ba1e411.10776083@news.demon.co.uk>, Mark Chater wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:02:13 +0100, ${spam}$@sneakerpimp.fsnet.co.uk
>> (John Ineson) wrote:
>> [XP to demon.service.isdn - there are some knowledgable peeps there,
>> some of whom use linux]
>
>Ta.
>
>>>I've just set up Smurftime on a line at work, cos I thought a permanent
>>>net connection would be sensible. We've got a BT Ignition TA which I
>>>hooked up to ttyS0, and despite never having used ISDN I figured it
>>>would Just Work.
>> 
>> ICBW here but wont that restrict you to 115200 bps?
>
>Possibly, but right now I just want the fscking thing working.

I'd decide my time is worth some sort of money and spend 20 squid
or so on an ASUScom internal ISDN adaptor from Solwise. Works
like a charm with isdn4linux and the HiSax driver, card type 35.

[ snip ]

>> Just use isdnctrl direct?
>
>Isn't that only really applicable to internal devices? It seems to need
>ippp0 and /dev/isdninfo which I assume you don't get with an external 
>TA - from what I've read you use them just like a fast modem?

Correct - another reason to go down the route I suggest !!

Despite having an external ISDN router, I still invested that
20 quid for all the flexibility I gained from using the Linux
ISDN facilities  (tho I don't use ISDN for general internet
connectivity these days, having got ADSL).

>"You cannot use a voice command to turn the microphone on."
>Dragon NaturallySpeaking tutorial

But can you use one to turn it off ??

-- 
Mike Pellatt