Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn,comp.answers,news.answers,alt.answers,alt.internet.services Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!mv!fastball.unimaster.com!cherkus From: cherkus@UniMaster.COM (Dave Cherkus) Subject: comp.dcom.isdn FAQ Part 5 of 5: Products Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Keywords: ISDN FAQ telecom Originator: cherkus@fastball.unimaster.com Distribution: world Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: fastball.unimaster.com Sender: usenet@mv.mv.com (System Administrator) Supersedes: Reply-To: cherkus@UniMaster.COM (Dave Cherkus) Expires: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 12:00:03 GMT Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about ISDN. Organization: UniMaster, Inc. Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:02:58 GMT References: Followup-To: comp.dcom.isdn Lines: 686 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.dcom.isdn:19531 comp.answers:13190 news.answers:48803 alt.answers:10738 alt.internet.services:56614 Archive-name: isdn-faq/part5 Last-modified: $Date: 1995/07/01 18:42:17 $ Version: $Revision: 4.3 $ ------------------------------ 5.01) Who is shipping what? ISDN Products by Vendor: +------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | | Product Type | | Vendor +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | | IF | TA | BR | RO | TE | IC | TS | VC | CC | +------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | ACC | | | x | x | | | | | | | AccessWorks | | x | | | | | | | | | Adtran, Inc. | | x | | | | | | | | | AMD | | | | | | x | | | | | ANDO | | | | | | | x | | | | Ascend | | | | x | | | | | | | AT&T | x | x | | | x | x | x | | | | AT&T Microelect. | | | | | | x | | | | | BinTec | x | | | x | | | | | | | Cisco Systems | | | | x | | | | | | | Combinet | | | x | | | | | | | | Conware GmbH | | | x | x | | | | | | | CPV-Stollmann | x | x | x | x | | | | | | | CSI | x | | x | x | | | | | | | diehl isdn | x | | x | x | | | | | x | | DigiBoard | | | x | | | | | | | | Digital Eq. | x | | | x | | | | | | | DGM&S | | | | | | | | | x | | EICON Technology | x | | | | | | | | | | EuRoNIS | x | | | | | | | | | | Fujitsu | | x | | | x | | | | | | Gandalf | x | x | x | | | | | | | | Hayes | x | x | | | | | | | | | Hermstedt | x | x | | | | | | | | | Hewlett-Packard | x | | | | | | | | | | IBM | x | | | | | | | | | | INS | | | | x | | | | | | | Intel | x | | | | | | | x | | | ISDN Systems | x | | | | | | | | | | MERGE | | | | | | | x | | | | Mitel | | | | | | | x | | | | Motorola UDS | | x | | | | | | | | | Motorola Semi | | | | | | | x | | | | MS Telematica | x | | | | x | | | | | | netCS | x | | | x | | | | | | | Network Express | | | x | x | | | | | | | Network Svc Grp | | | x | x | | | | x | | | Paxdata | | x | x | | | | | | | | SCii | x | | | | | | | | | | Siemens | | | | | | x | | | | | Silicon Graphics | | x | | | | | | | x | | Spider Systems | | | | x | | | | | | | Sun Microsystems | x | | | | | | | | | | Telenetworks | | | | | | | | | x | | Teleos | | | | | | | x | x | | | Telesoft | | | | | | | x | | x | | Telrad Telecomm. | | x | | | | | | | | | TPI | | | | | | | x | | | | Trend | | | | | | | x | | | | Trillium | | | | | | | | | x | | Zydacron | | | | | | | | x | | +------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ Key: IF: Interface Card TA: Terminal Adapter (Standalone) BR: Bridge RO: Router TE: Telephones IC: Integrated Circuit TS: Test Equipment VC: Video Teleconferencing Equipment CC: Call Control Software Vendor Info: ACC (Advanced Computer Communications) 10261 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014 Tel: 800 444 7854 Tel: 408 399 9600 Fax: 408 446 5234 Internet: info@acc.com WWW URL: http://www.acc.com AccessWorks Communications Inc 670 North Beers Street Holmdel, NJ 07733 Tel: 800 248 8204 Tel: 908 721 1337 Fax: 908 888 4456 Internet: info@accessworks.com Adtran, Inc. 901 Explorer Blvd Huntsville, AL 35806-2807 USA +1 205 971 8000 fax +1 205 971 8030 Advanced Micro Devices 901 Thomson place Mailstop 126 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 732 2400 (voice) ANDO: 7617 Standish Place Rockville, MD 20855 voice: (301) 294-3365 fax: (301) 294-3359 email: mgriffin@access.digex.net Ascend Communications, Inc. 1275 Harbor Bay Pkwy Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 769-6001 info@ascend.com AT&T 1-800-222-PART: Quick access to small quantity orders of ISDN products. Personal Desktop Video or TeleMedia Connection System: Visual Communications Products 8100 East Maplewood Avenue 1st Floor Englewood, CO 80111 (800)843-3646 (800)VIDEO-GO Prompt 3 AT&T Microelectronics Allentown, PA (800) 372-2447 Distributer: CoSystems at 408.748.2190 mktg: Steve Martinez at 408.748.2194 (steve@cosystems.com) tech: Gary Martin at 408.748.2195 (gary@cosystems.com) BinTec Computersysteme GmbH Willstaetter Str. 30 D-90449 Nuernberg Germany Phone: +49.911.9673-0 Fax: +49.911.6880725 email: vertrieb@bintec.de Cisco Systems San Jose CA 1-800-553-6387 or 1-800-888-8187 ext. 6849 (salesman scott smith) Combinet 333 West El Camino Real, Suite 240 Sunnyvale, California 94087 (408) 522 9020 (voice) (408) 732 5479 (fax) (800) 967-6651 for product lit (408) 522-9020 for pre-sales support Conware Computer Consulting GmbH Killisfeldstr. 64 D-76227 Karlsruhe Germany Phone: +49.721.9495-0 Fax: +49.721.9495-130 email: vertrieb@conware.de CPV-Stollmann Vertriebs GmbH Gasstrasse 18 P.O. Box 50 14 03 D-22761 Hamburg D-22714 Hamburg Germany Germany Phone: +49-40-890 88-0 Fax: +49-40-890 88-444 Electronic Mail: Info@Stollmann.DE (general inquiries) Helge.Oldach@Stollmann.DE (IPX router technical contact) Michael.Gruen@Stollmann.DE (IP router technical contact) CSI (Connective Strategies, Inc.) Clyde Heintzelman, V. P. Marketing 4500 Southgate Pl., Suite 100 Chantilly, VA 22021 Voice: (703) 802-0023 FAX: (703) 802-0026 Internet: info@csisdn.com diehl isdn GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 63 D-7250 Leonberg Germany Tel. 49/7152/93 29 0 Fax. 49/7152/93 29 99 email: bode@diehl.de DigiBoard 6400 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prarie, MN 55344 (612) 943 9020 (voice) (612) 643 5398 (fax) (800)-344-4273 info@digibd.com (email) Digital Equipment Co REO2 G/H2 DEC Park Worton Grange Reading Berkshire England DGM&S 609.866.1212 EICON Technology Montreal, Quebec EiconCard ISDN/PC ISA PC card. Supports 2B + D "multiplexed" over single RJ45 connector. They provide s/w for Windows, OS/2, SCO UNIX, UNIX SVR4, Netware. List price $1395 EuRoNIS Manufacturer of the Macintosh Planet-ISDN NuBus Card. 166 rue Montmartre 75002 Paris, France Tel: +33 (1) 44 82 70 00 Fax: + 33(1) 42 33 40 98 euronis@applelink.apple.com Fujitsu Network Switching 4403 Bland Road Raleigh, NC 27609 800-228-ISDN email rlp@fns.com (Rick Pitz) Gandalf Technologies 130 Colonnade Road South Nepean Ontario Canada K2E 7M4 (800) GANDALF (voice) Hayes ISDN Technologies 501 Second St., Suite 300 San Francisco CA 94107 (415) 974-5544 (voice) (415) 543-5810 (fax) Hermstedt GmbH Kaefertaler Strasse 164 D-68167 Mannheim Germany Phone: +49 (621) 3 38 16-0 Fax: +49 (621) 3 38 16-12 Hewlett-Packard Nearest HP Representative, or Pierre Vidalenc (Product Manager) Pierre_Vidalenc@hp6300.desk.hp.com Hewlett Packard 38053 Grenoble Cedex 09 France Tel (+33) 76 62 14 49 Fax (+33) 76 62 12 78 International Business Machines (800) 426-2255 INS - Inter Networking Systems P.O. Box 101312 D-44543 Castrop-Rauxel Germany +49 2305 356505 (voice) +49 2305 24511 (fax) e-mail: info@ins.de Intel Corporation Intel Products Group 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124-6497 FaxBack 1-800-525-3019 Product Info: +1-800-538-3373, in the US and Canada +44-1793-431155, in Europe +1-503-264-7354, worldwide Intel BBS 1-503-264-7999 (modem settings 8-N-1, up to 14.4Kbps) Tech. support (503) 629-7000 ISDN Systems Corp. Vienna VA USA 703-883-0933 MERGE Technologies Group, Inc. 211 Gateway Road West, Ste. 201 Napa, CA 94558 800.824.7763 (Voice) 707.252.6687 (FAX) Mitel's Communicating Objects 360 Legget Drive Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 1X3 Danny LaPalme or Colin Caton Phone: (613) 592-2122 Fax: (613) 591-2300 E-mail: objects@mitel.com Motorola UDS 5000 Bradford Drive Huntsville, AL 35805 (205) 430 8000 (voice) Motorola Semiconductor (800) 521 6274 or local Motorola Sales office Ms Telematica via S. Marcellina 8 20125 Milano Italy Phone: +39.2.66102315 Fax: +39.2.66102708 email: mstelema@icil64.cilea.it netCS Informationstechnik GmbH Feuerbachstr. 47-49 12163 Berlin 41 Germany Tele: +49.30/856 999-0 FAX: +49.30/855 52 18 E-Mail: sales@netcs.com / support@netcs.com Network Express, Incorporated (info@nei.com) World Headquarters Western Regional Office 4251 Plymouth Road 2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 103 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 San Ramon, CA 94583 tel (313) 761-5005 tel (510) 244-2080 fax (313) 995-1114 fax (510) 244-2083 Network Services Group 3421 Commission Ct. , Suite 202 Woodbridge VA, 22192-1753 Tel: 800-537-9804 Fax: 703-491-9682 Contact: Neville Walker (NEVatNSG@aol.com) Paxdata Networks Limited Communications House Frogmore Road Hemel Hempstead HERTS HP3 9RW UK 0442 236336 (voice) 0442 236343 (fax) mktg: Jim Fitzpatrick (jim@paxdata.demon.co.uk) tech: Giles Heron (giles@paxdata.demon.co.uk) SCii Datavoice SO ISDN NuBus card +49 (0) 89-54-67-57-0 (Munich, Germany) Siemens Components Inc. Integrated Circuit Division 2191 Laurelwood Road Santa Clara, CA 95054-1514 (408) 980-4500 Spider Systems UK France Germany Spider Systems Limited Spider Systems SA Spider Systems Limited Spider House Les Algorithmes Schadowstrasse 52 Peach Street Saint Aubin 91194 D-4000 Dusseldorf 1 Wokingham Gif-sur-Yvette Germany England Paris Cedex RG11 1XH France 0734 771055 (voice) (1) 69 41 11 36 (voice) (0211) 93 50 120 (voice) 0734 771214 (fax) (1) 69 41 12 27 (voice) (0211) 93 50 150 (fax) Silicon Graphics http://www.sgi.com/tech/indy_isdn.marketting_spec.html http://www.sgi.com/products/Indy/Indy_top.html http:/www.sgi.com Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) Mountain View, CA (800) USA-4SUN Telenetworks US Europe Lauren May / Bob Gefvert Ian Walsh (DIVA) 625 Second St., Suite 100 Kingswood House, 12 Shute End Petaluma CA 94952 Wokingham, RG11 1BJ, England UK phone 707-778-8737 phone +44.734.891719 fax 707-778-7476 fax +44.734.891721 emal info@tn.com Teleos Communications, Inc. 2 Meridian Road Eatontown, NJ 07724 USA US voice: +1 (908) 389 5700 US fax: +1 908-544-9890 email: info@teleoscom.com web: http://www.teleoscom.com/ Teleos Europe: Teunis deVries: (v) +32 2 725 5211 Teleos Asia: Terence Tan: (v) +65 321 8920 Telesoft Chris Cox 512.282.6701 Telrad Telecommunications, Inc. 135 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury, New York 11797 (516) 921-8300 1 800 645-1350 TelradPAC: 0B+D PAD NI-1 & Euro-ISDN IDS: V&D phone NI-1 MTA: V.110 TA Euro-ISDN TPI Tele-Path Industries, Inc. 221 South Yorkshire Street Salem, VA 24153 +1 703 375 0500 Trend Communications Ltd. Knaves Beech Estate Loudwater High Wycombe Bucks, HP12 9QX Tel. +44-1628-524977 Fax. +44-1628-810094 email: info@trend.demon.co.uk Trillium 310.479.0500 Zydacron, Inc. 670 Commercial Street Manchester, NH 03101 Tel: (603) 647-1000 Fax: (603) 647-9470 ------------------------------ 5.02) How about that SPARCstation 10? The hardware on the SS10 supports 2 B channels (64K+64K) and 1 D channel (16K) for a grand total 144K in marketing speak. Typically you might use both B channels for data, 1 channel for voice and 1 channel for data, or 1 channel for data to 1 point and 1 channel for data to another point. In some parts of the world it's also popular to run X.25 over the D channel. Info from the SPARCstation 10 full announcement e-mail: - What Becomes Available When: o ISDN Chip on the motherboard (done) ISDN Drivers on Solaris 2.1 or greater (done) Teleservices API Q1 CY93 Solaris 2.x Wide Area Networking software Q1 CY93 Solaris 2.x The chip on the motherboard provides a BRI (basic rate interface) ISDN connection that is integrated with workstation audio. The drivers provide a low level interface to the hardware. The Teleservices API enables application development for workstation/telephony integration - providing functions like call setup, transfer, hold, confer, etc. The API is hardware independent so that it will work with third party non-ISDN telephony hardware and software. The WAN software enables data communication - running IP over ISDN (in other words, applications that run over ethernet will run over ISDN). In the first release, Sun will support data communications in the US (for the AT&T 5ESS switch), the UK, France, Germany and Japan. We will support voice services in the US (for the AT&T 5ESS switch) only. This is also now available on the SPARCstation LX, and available as an SBus card for any SBus workstation running Solaris 2.1 or later. The current set of ISDN drivers for Solaris 2.1 or greater support the AT&T 5ESS switch; the next release is expected to support DMS-100 and national standard. Get API_xtel* from sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/sun-info/white-papers for more information on the API itself. The XTel libraries, etc., are not bundled with either Solaris 2.x or SunLink ISDN at this time. SunLink ISDN description (quoted from Fall/Winter '93 SunExpress catalog): The SunLink ISDN software included in both kits is based on the international CCITT standard, and supports the following carrier-dependent implementations: o AT&T 5ESS (U.S.) o France Telecom VN2 (France) o DBT 1TR6 (Germany) o Britsh Telecom ISDN2 (U.K.) o NTT INS-Net 64 (Japan) Sunlink ISDN software provides the following features: o Transparent IP connectivity, to allow you to run most existing IP applications, without modification, over ISDN o Graphics User Interface (GUI)-based configuration tool, for easy installation and administration o Security features, including callback, calling address, and PPP authentication password o Inactivity timer, for transparent open/close connections o Integrated network management with SunNetManager agent dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Kegel) kessler@Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Kessler) Greg.Onufer@Eng.Sun.COM dav@genisco.gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) ------------------------------ 5.03) How about that IBM Waverunner? The IBM WaveRunner Digital Modem is an internal adapter for personal computers (ISA, Microchannel or PCMCIA) which can communicate over an ISDN line to either ISDN destinations or analog modems and FAX machines. WaveRunner requires ISDN Basic Rate service, an NT-1, and either OS/2 2.1 or higher or Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher. WaveRunner uses AT-style commands, can be used with existing communication application, supports V.120 encapsulation and performs TCP/IP SLIP to Synchronous TCP/IP Translation. The WaveRunner Hot Line at 1-919-254-ISDN is available for questions Technical Support. For a product brochure, call 1-800-426-3395 and request document 13403. To order, call 1-800-IBM-2YOU (1-800-426-2968) A complete description is available via anonymous ftp: ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com: pub/announcements/193-305 jordan@hursley.ibm.com (Rob Jordan) lmarks@vnet.IBM.COM (Laurence V. Marks) ------------------------------ 5.04) How about that SGI? Indy ISDN BRI: Available as a no charge option to all Indy owners running IRIX 5.2 or one of its patch variants. ISDN will be bundled with the releases after IRIX 5.2. In North America, call SGI customer service at 1-800-800-4744; otherwise, call the local support office. CONFORMANCE: Indy ISDN has been approved for the following switch protocols in the following countries: - 1TR6 in Germany - Euro-ISDN in Germany, Sweden, and Finland - NTT in Japan Indy ISDN has been working with the following switch protocols in the United States: - DMS100 - 5ESS - National ISDN1 Countries other than the United States and Canada may require testing or approval before Indy ISDN can be operated in that country. Please check with your local provider or with SGI before using Indy ISDN in a country that is not listed above. CAPABILITIES The Indy transfers circuit switched data on the B channels. A point to point (PPP) daemon runs in the background on the Indy and uses ISDN to set up a IP link to the destination machine. Both B channels can be combined using a round-robin packet sending scheme to maximize throughput. This is sometimes called "inverse multiplexing". It is also similar to "bonding". PPP can also be configured to bring up one or both B channels as the bandwidth demand increases and bring down the channels when the demand decreases. This is commonly known as "bandwith-on-demand". PPP utilizes a variety of compression, thus increasing data throughput to beyond 128Kb. PPP uses PAP to authenticate connections. For more specialized data transfer applications which do not want to use PPP, an ASI interface is available. INTEROPERABILITY The Indy is interoperable with the following: - Other Indy systems - Network Express Interhub - Ascend MORE INFO: http://www.sgi.com/tech/indy_isdn.marketting_spec.html http://www.sgi.com/products/Indy/Indy_top.html http:/www.sgi.com mwang@abravanel.esd.sgi.com (Michael Wang) wmesard@esd.sgi.com talbott@esd.sgi.com ------------------------------ 5.05) How about that HP? The HP ISDN Link products for the HP Apollo Workstations (HP 9000 S700) and HP Unix Servers (HP 9000 S800) provides network connections to public or private ISDN networks. An HP 9000 connected to the ISDN network can communicate with any HP or non-HP system which implements the TCP/IP protocol and which encapsulates IP packets according to X.25 RFC877/1356 or with the PPP protocol (J2460A/J2455A). Also, with J2461A/J2456A ordered, the HP 9000 equipped with an ISDN Link can act as a non-dedicated IP router for any system attached to the LAN. The main features of the product are : * B Channel switching communication at 56/64 Kbps up to 384Kbps Up to three BRI per system are supported. * RFC 1356 compliant for X.25 encapsulation between ISDN and TCP/IP and PPP interoperability * X.25 packet switching over D channel * SNMP based network management Major HP ISDN BRI Link Benefits: * Optimizes communication costs * Transparency for the end-user * Access to packet switching networks via D channel * Network security * Centralized management through HP OpenView Node Manager * Interoperability To get some more info e-mail to: Pierre_Vidalenc@hp6300.desk.hp.com (Pierre Vidalenc) Tel (+33) 76 62 14 49 Fax (+33) 76 62 12 78 Pierre_Vidalenc@hp6300.desk.hp.com (Pierre Vidalenc) ------------------------------ 5.06) How about that Intel RemoteExpress? The Intel RemoteExpress product comes in two versions, a client version and a bridge version. With the client version, you can access a remote LAN in a seamless fashion. When you log in remotely, your network connections look just the same as the network connections in the office; there are no new interfaces to learn. With the bridge version, your LAN administrator can provide you access to remote clients and to other bridges. Bridge to bridge calls can connect two or more remote LANs. RemoteExpress software supplies several levels of security to protect unwanted access to the LAN. Embedded on every RemoteExpress board is a MAC address. The software can use this address to determine whether a system is allowed access to the LAN. The client supports a single BRI ISDN line. Both B channels can be used for a single data connection of 128 kbps. Automatic channel expansion is supported. A standard analog phone can be connected to the RemoteExpress board so that one can either make or receive standard voice calls. The bridge product supports up to 3 BRI ISDN lines (6 B channels), supporting anywhere from 1 to 6 simultaneous connections. With all 6 channels allocated to a single data connection, bridges support a maximum transmission rate of 384 kbps (bridge to bridge connection). The RemoteExpress bridge is an SNMP agent allowing the bridge to be controlled remotely. The bridge also supports Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1 IEEE). Clients support TCP/IP, Novell NetWares IPX/ODI, NDIS 2.0 (e.g., Banyan Vines), and several other network operating systems. Bridges are transparent and will pass any Ethernet packet. The hardware and software included in the RemoteExpress LAN adapter (client product) and RemoteExpress Bridge Pack are made to run in a DOS- based PC. The bridge pack includes the RemoteExpress board and an EtherExpress(tm) LAN adapter (Intel's ethernet board). Also included with the bridge is a copy of Intel LANDesk(tm) Traffic Analyst. marjorie_j_panditji@ccm.jf.intel.com (Marjorie Panditji) -- Dave Cherkus ----- UniMaster, Inc. ----- Contract Software Development Specialties: UNIX TCP/IP X OSF/1 AlphaAXP AIX RS/6000 Performance ISDN Email: cherkus@UniMaster.COM Tel: (603) 888-8308 Fax: (603) 888-4598 Live Free or Die - New Hampshire has 3 seasons: ice, mud and black fly