Hello, though I'm not an expert on Linux, I live in Germany and hope, this helps you: On Sat, 2002-05-18, 10.38 Nick Selby wrote:
On Saturday 18 May 2002 06:17, Dennis J.Tuchler wrote:
I will be taking by S.u.S.E. - laden laptop to Germany and need some advice. I am informed that I will have an isdn line to the apartment where I will be staying. I have two questions: (1) what sort of a connection do I need for an isdn line? A modem plus telephone plug, or an ethernet card plus a network line or ... ? (2) Do I need any special drivers or applications to make the connection work?
At the moment I am connected with a standard PCMCIA 28.8 modem, which I plugged into the ISDN box normal telephone line adapter. You WILL need a US
German ISDN boxes do not necessarily have a normal telephone socket. Some do have one, but it's optional.
to German plug adapter (standard US plug for the modem and a funky-shaped German telco male plug to access the box). In Munich they sell these at every electronics shop for about $5. To access using ISDN (it's about 64KB/s I think) I think you'll need what they call a Fritz card PCMCIA ISDN modem, though I've never tried with just the ethernet. They're sold in Munich for about $50. Seems to me it's not worth the "extra" speed of ISDN.
AFAIK the so-called Fritz!Card PCMCIA costs about 150 to 200 Euro, so it's really quite expensive. There are other products like external ISDN "modems" that connect via USB, but I haven't tried these with linux. There small and not quite as expensive. E.g. Fritz!Card USB 2.0 for 89,- Euro. You could, of course try ebay... Usually, all necessary add-ons like connection cables etc. are included. HTH, Henning