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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gentry Wilson
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:16 AM
> Getting ISDN next week and I have 2 machines to put on it.
>
> I was told I should use one machine as a server. Not sure how to do this.
> Any suggestions. Also what kinda hardware will I need?
I have been EXTREMELY happy with my 3COM ISDN LAN Modem.
It is essentially a server itself, with an integral 4-port
LAN hub. Just put $50 network cards in your two machines
and connect them to the 3COM. It has a built-in web server
that you access with a browser to do setup and control,
and setup is about as easy as it gets for ISDN.
The modem also has two POTS ports. I connect one to
my home PABX and the other to a fax modem in one of
the five PCs on my LAN.
You'll like ISDN; 2-3 seconds to connect to your ISP and
log in, transfers at a solid 64Kb/sec using one B channel
and, if you're moving a lot of data, it automatically brings
up the second B channel in another 2-3 seconds and jumps your
rate to 128Kb/sec. It's a bit expensive; I paid $290 for
the 3COM and get charged 3.8 cents/minute by the phone
company for a single B channel connection M-F 8a-9p, 1.9
cents/minute the rest of the week, plus the ISP connect
charge. Bottom line, I was connected for about 180 hours
last month and it cost $425. Sounds like a lot, but it was
less than 3% of my income for that period and it's a
deductible expense.
Bob Munck
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