I agree with all that Gary said. I have one of these devices (an
RT328) and it works great. I've also tried an Ascend P50, but the
Bandwidth On Demand (BOD) feature did not work (at all) with my ISP.
In addition, the Ascend was more difficult to configure. In contrast,
BOD works great with my ISP on the RT328. I also think configuration
is easier.
I've been using diald for quite some number of years now (with other
devices) and still wanted to use it for controlling access to the
internet as well as providing me the monitoring capabilities found in
dctrl. With diald-0.99, I am able to do that. Mike has added some
features which allow me to establish a route to the RT328 when the
link is supposed to come up. The RT328 then sees that there's some
network activity and does the dialing. When it comes time to bring
the link down, diald removes the route to the RT328 and (after a time)
it notices that there is no traffic and hangs up. The traffic
generated by such things as xntpd is usually sufficient to keep the
RT328 up when diald wants the link up.
Kevin
On May 6, 10:07pm, Gary S. Ingram wrote:
> Subject: Re: ISDN recomendations
> Correct !
>
> The Netgear can be configured as an IP router or as a bridge - it
> includes the TA, similar to Ascend Pipeline series. The Ascend has
> better routing capabilities - the Netgear only routes IP, though you can
> do some customizing for routing/filtering netbios, ipx, etc. There is a
> Netgear model with the built in 10BaseT hub, but I don't have that one.
>
> I have configured and used Gandalf, Ascend and Netgear - I like the
> Netgear best unless you really need full ipx routing cababilities. It
> is MUCH easier to configure than the others, and has much better LEDs
> for diagnosing problems.
>
> Ascend is OK - but complicated to setup and more expensive. Gandalf has
> wonderful security - so good you almost can't force it to work. But it
> is hard to configure and very expensive, I think.
>
> I also like the external better than the internal TA only units. The
> cost is a little more, but it is more versatile. With an second
> ethernet interface in the linux system, it works the same as the
> internal - but better! (IMHO...)
>
> Gary Ingram
>
>
>
> Jessen, Per wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gary S. Ingram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 06 May 1999 10:32
> > > To: LINUX-DI@SMTP {[EMAIL PROTECTED] du}
> > > Subject: Re: ISDN recomendations
> > >
> > >
> > > I am using a Netgear external - it attaches via ethernet. Works well,
> > > wasn't too pricey. I think the model is 328R
> > >
> > > Gary Ingram
> >
> > Sounds more like an ISDN router - not a TA ? A friend of mine uses an
> > Ascend
> > Pipeline ISDN-router which also has a builtin 4-port hub. This box does
> > all
> > the work, all he had to do was specify the IPs, and hook the cables.
> >
> > Per, London
> >
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