Prestige 128

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Hi,

Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I am not sure if this is the right place to ask for, excuse me if it 
> is wrong and guide me please to the right place.

Actually it's the wrong place, but I don't know what to recommend either
(basically its your ISPs job to support his customers).

> I use ZyXEL TA128 for dial in to my ISP. They are connected via 
> RocketPort comports. Here I can setup mgetty & ppp. 

Sounds good.

> Now ZyXEL suggested me to use Prestige 128, because they are 
> connected via the Ethernet LAN and so much faster.

Well, this is nonsense. Sure, you can go faster *to* the router -- but
ISDN is 128Kbit max, regardless of the device you use to access it, and
regardless of the access speed to access the "device". 

An ISDN Router is most likely easier to set up and maintain, and poses
less load on the machine. This is a reason why I usually recommend
standalone ethernet routers instead of modems for ISP access, but *speed*
is *not* an issue.

> Can anybody tell me how I can use the Prestige 128 with ppp on an 
> Linux 2.0 environment?

Dunno how to configure the Prestige.

The linux end is easy:

 a: plug in an ethernet card and build a kernel that supports it
 b: set it up for IP connectivity, make sure you can "ping" the
  ZyXEL router (for details, see the "Linux Network Administrators
  Guide" or similar manuals)
 c: point a default route at the router (something along the lines
  of "route add default <router-ip>").

That's it -- no need to set up PPP (the router will do that) etc.

gert

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