I did something similar at home a couple of years ago, using some Cisco routers, a bunch of BRI/PRI VIC/VWIC/NM modules and an NM-30DM. I got good old fasioned "56K" dialup working, but there was so much chatter from modern web based services that it was useless for loading websites, and even after I shut Chrome down it was still useless so maybe even modern OSes are too chatty?
My setup was something like an 1800 with an external dialup modem on the AUX port connected to a 3800 with an FXS (or was it FXO, I keep getting those two confused) VIC, VWIC'd via E1 over to another 3800 with a PRI NM and terminating on the NM-30DM. I'd also attempted to get ISDN working, but it seems that the combination of ISDN WIC/V(W)IC cards I used werent capable of exchanging data calls. Maybe my setup wasnt 100% quite right, I got bored after some days of debugging failed ISDN data calls and packed it all away. Maybe I'd give it another shot if I could figure out how to get ISDN going. :-) On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 00:00, Rob Thomas <xro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was reminiscing on derpbook, and realised that it would be a > RIDICULOUSLY insane idea to try to recreate a 56k dialup ISP in 2020. > So I'm going to do it. > > To further this plan, I'm hoping that someone has some old Bay > 5000/5399's lying around that they paid megabucks for and are now > worth less than nothing, that they want to donate to a good home. > > If one happens to be in Brisbane, that would be even better, because > I'm heading down there for Comicon this weekend, and I could pick it > up then! > > If not, maybe some old Cisco devices? Or whatever those TNT devices > were? Something that takes a PRI in one end and makes modem sounds at > it, basically. > > --Rob > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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