> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 01 June 1999 10:31
[snip]
> When you are using an ISDN TA it will not automatically dial up to the
Net,
> you will need to run DialD to get it to do this. If you get an ISDN Router
> with Diald-on-demand functions you can have Diald functionality in the
> router (some even support filtering options and spoofing).
Ok, there is obviously something I am missing here. But that's fine - I
was planning on using diald anyway (for the filtering).
> When you use an internal ISDN card you will be forced to use the ipppd
> daemon, when using an ISDN TA you can just use the normal pppd daemon
> because the terminal adapter behaves like any other modem (preferred way
to
> go in my opinion, also because these adapters usually provide better
> throughput and less load on the system --> make sure you have a fast
serial
> port though :-))
I think we have a bit of terminology confusion here. An internal ISDN card
is
the same as an ISDN TA. So I can use the ipppd daemon with both, and in my
case
I plan to use ipppd with my Teles 16.3 card.
What you're talking about is merely an *external* ISDN TA, which connects to
the serial port.
It is undoubtedly true that it provides less load on your system, but OTOH
your
internal ISDN TA could be an active card, in which case it is no longer
true.
Anyway, my Teles card is a passive card, and will load my system. However,
this
is almost all the system has to do. It's just an Internet gateway.
> > Also, I would like to be able to use different providers,
> depending on
> > various
> > factors - I have not found a way to do this - yet.
> >
[snip]
> router that does this) but it is way cheaper to use Diald for this and
> usually you get more ways to control behaviour.
Perhaps this can be done like this:
1. have 2 dialds running, using different filtering. One triggers for
only one sort of traffic, whereas the other is the 'general' one.
2. issue the 'isdnctrl addphone' / 'isdnctrl delphone' commands to setup the
appropriate phone-numbers before dialing.
Where would I trigger the 'isdnctrl' comands ?
regards,
Per Jessen, London
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