Re: Viable FreeBSD Network Access Server projects...?

From: Martes Wigglesworth (martes.wigglesworth_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/10/05

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    To: Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za>, freebsd-isp list <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:03:39 +0300

    Good lord. Thanks for all the information. I was thinking of using
    dedicated hardware, and it almost seems that it would be much simpler to
    just purchase a Total Control, AS5400, or other PRI appliance, and see
    how it works, then attempt my project, as a side experiment. I am good
    with the theories, however, I have yet to actually see how to gateway
    the digital channelized lines, to the dialup analog lines. Or Would the
    Channelized T1 simply be used as call-in lines to my data center, then I
    just have the RAS/NAS connect to the rest of my backbone, via the Radius
    server (FreeRadius on FreeBSD/OpenBSD) then to my other network
    resources? I still don't quite have a good picture of why you would
    need an analog phone line, when you already have channelized service, to
    supply the 56K 64kbit/s pipe. Or am I just missunderstanding what has
    been said?

    Has anyone considered using Asterisk for some sort of telephony gateway
    solution to this type of topology? I know you can do VOIP, however that
    is much more advanced than what I am currently attempting to grasp.

    Also, are there any PRI/Analog/Channelized modem pool resources that
    anyone can point me to? I have been able to locate a bit of
    information, however, no one ever actually discloses how the line
    provisioning can actually be setup.

    Thanks a bunch, for the information, Ian. 

    -- 
Respectfully,
M.G.W.
System:
PCChips K7SOM MB 
AMD K7 Pro 1800 
256MB RAM
40GB HD
10/100 NIC
FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE
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