diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml index 5e0c7a7b5f..bd0bef8b72 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -1359,43 +1359,57 @@ hostname myclient.mydomain ISDN cards - This section is really only relevant to ISDN users in countries - where the DSS1/Q.931 ISDN standard is supported. - - Some growing number of PC ISDN cards are supported under FreeBSD - 2.2.X and up by the isdn4bsd driver package. It is still under - development but the reports show that it is successfully used all over - Europe. - isdn4bsd - The latest isdn4bsd version is available from ftp://isdn4bsd@ftp.consol.de/pub/, - the main isdn4bsd FTP site (you have to log in as user - isdn4bsd , give your mail address as the password - and change to the pub directory. Anonymous FTP - as user ftp or anonymous - will not give the desired result). + FreeBSD's ISDN implementation supports only the DSS1/Q.931 + (or Euro-ISDN) standard using passive cards. Starting with + FreeBSD 4.4, some active cards are supported where the firmware + also supports other signalling protocols; this also includes the + first supported Primary Rate (PRI) ISDN card. - Isdn4bsd allows you to connect to other ISDN routers using either - IP over raw HDLC or by using synchronous PPP. A telephone answering - machine application is also available. + Isdn4bsd allows you to connect + to other ISDN routers using either IP over raw HDLC or by using + synchronous PPP: either by using kernel PPP with isppp, a + modified sppp driver, or by using userland &man.ppp.8;. By using + userland &man.ppp.8;, channel bonding of two or more ISDN + B-channels is possible. A telephone answering machine + application is also available as well as many utilities such as + a software 300 Baud modem. - Many ISDN PC cards are supported, mostly the ones with a Siemens - ISDN chipset (ISAC/HSCX), support for other chipsets (from Motorola, - Cologne Chip Designs) is currently under development. For an - up-to-date list of supported cards, please have a look at the README - file. + Some growing number of PC ISDN cards are supported under + FreeBSD and the reports show that it is successfully used all + over Europe and in many other parts of the world. - In case you are interested in adding support for a different ISDN - protocol, a currently unsupported ISDN PC card or otherwise enhancing - isdn4bsd, please get in touch with hm@kts.org. + The passive ISDN cards supported are mostly the ones with + the Infineon (formerly Siemens) ISAC/HSCX/IPAC ISDN chipsets, + but also ISDN cards with chips from Cologne Chip (ISA bus only), + PCI cards with Winbond W6692 chips, some cards with the + Tiger300/320/ISAC chipset combinations and some vendor specific + chipset based cards such as the AVM Fritz!Card PCI V.1.0 and the + AVM Fritz!Card PnP. - A majordomo maintained mailing list is available. To join the - list, send mail to &a.majordomo; and - specify: - - subscribe freebsd-isdn + Currently the active supported ISDN cards are the AVM B1 + (ISA and PCI) BRI cards and the AVM T1 PCI PRI cards. + + For documentation on isdn4bsd, + have a look at /usr/share/examples/isdn/ + directory on your FreeBSD system or at the homepage of + isdn4bsd which also has pointers to hints, erratas and + much more documentation such as the isdn4bsd + handbook. + + In case you are interested in adding support for a + different ISDN protocol, a currently unsupported ISDN PC card or + otherwise enhancing isdn4bsd, please + get in touch with hm@freebsd.org. + + For questions regarding the installation, configuration + and troubleshooting isdn4bsd, a + majordomo maintained mailing list is available. To join, send + mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org and specify: + + subscribe freebsd-isdn in the body of your message.