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I have one of these units on order, and was wondering if anyone can give
me any suggestions on how to set this up.

Do you set it up as a normal modem off a serial port (from the system
standpoint), and then configure the routing tables on the unit like a
router, or does everything just work like a modem (and routing tables
exist on the linux machine itself.

I'm currently running a full time connection via a modem with a static
IP...

Does the setup look like this:?

PC (xxx.xxx.xxx.10) <--> ISDN modem (xxx.xxx.xxx.1)  <-->  ISP ISDN
ROUTER (xxx.xxx.xxx.15)   <-->  Internet

TIA,
Greg

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I kept my modem on COM2, hooked the BSPRO up on COM1, modified my chat scripts
with the appropriate BSPro init strings, and was up and running in about a
half hour. Check the Motorola web site, http://www.mot.com/MIMS/ISG for
the init strings you'll need.

Make sure that you have your cua0/1 port set to 115200 to get the full
potential of the BSPRO. ( I have BSPRO set for 2x56kb with good throughput )
Read the man page for 'setserial' for more info on how to set your com
ports up.

carlos

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: I have one of these units on order, and was wondering if anyone can give
: me any suggestions on how to set this up.

: Do you set it up as a normal modem off a serial port (from the system
: standpoint), and then configure the routing tables on the unit like a
: router, or does everything just work like a modem (and routing tables
: exist on the linux machine itself.

: I'm currently running a full time connection via a modem with a static
: IP...

: Does the setup look like this:?

: PC (xxx.xxx.xxx.10) <--> ISDN modem (xxx.xxx.xxx.1)  <-->  ISP ISDN
: ROUTER (xxx.xxx.xxx.15)   <-->  Internet

The Bitsurfr behaves just like a modem as far as Linux is concerned. There
are no "drivers" per se required. There are some monir differences
(like the tone and pulse dial modifiers have no meaning but the unit
will ignore them if present). You will also have to add some parameters
to your init and dial string if you want to use BONDING for 128k. Also
be aware that the 64kb and 128kb rates are synchronous speeds, and
virtually all PC serial hardware is async. The unit handles this as well
but this cuts your effective max speed to 115200 because of the start
and stop bits.

In short - it will work fine with any version of Linux with no drivers
required.

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Brian E.W. Wood

"Would you put your money in a bank which used Windows '95 to manage accounts?"

Gerald

One net to rule them all, one net to find them, one net to bring them all
and using Unix bind them.  
(Apologies to Tolkien, and whovevers sig I stole this from).

: I know that the Bitsurfer will do 2 64K channels, but, wil it do 2 different
: channels?  That is: If I am using one channel for a link to my ISP, can
: someone else call in on the other channel and connect to my Linux system with
: a PPP connection?

I doubt it.  The Bitsurfr only has one serial port.  I think you need a
router with an Ethernet interface (Ascend Pipeline, Cisco 1000) in order
to do what you propose with a single box.  I suppose with the right setup
you could use two Bitsurfrs on the same ISDN line.

You could, however, connect a modem to one of the analog POTS jacks on
the Bitsurfr Pro and use the modem to place/receive calls on an unused
B-channel.

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