<div dir="ltr">I did something similar at home a couple of years ago, using some Cisco routers, a bunch of BRI/PRI VIC/VWIC/NM modules and an NM-30DM. I got good old fasioned "56K" dialup working, but there was so much chatter from modern web based services that it was useless for loading websites, and even after I shut Chrome down it was still useless so maybe even modern OSes are too chatty?<div><br></div><div>My setup was something like an 1800 with an external dialup modem on the AUX port connected to a 3800 with an FXS (or was it FXO, I keep getting those two confused) VIC, VWIC'd via E1 over to another 3800 with a PRI NM and terminating on the NM-30DM. I'd also attempted to get ISDN working, but it seems that the combination of ISDN WIC/V(W)IC cards I used werent capable of exchanging data calls.<br><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Maybe my setup wasnt 100% quite right, I got bored after some days of debugging failed ISDN data calls and packed it all away. Maybe I'd give it another shot if I could figure out how to get ISDN going. :-)<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 00:00, Rob Thomas <<a href="mailto:xrobau@gmail.com">xrobau@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I was reminiscing on derpbook, and realised that it would be a<br>
RIDICULOUSLY insane idea to try to recreate a 56k dialup ISP in 2020.<br>
So I'm going to do it.<br>
<br>
To further this plan, I'm hoping that someone has some old Bay<br>
5000/5399's lying around that they paid megabucks for and are now<br>
worth less than nothing, that they want to donate to a good home.<br>
<br>
If one happens to be in Brisbane, that would be even better, because<br>
I'm heading down there for Comicon this weekend, and I could pick it<br>
up then!<br>
<br>
If not, maybe some old Cisco devices? Or whatever those TNT devices<br>
were? Something that takes a PRI in one end and makes modem sounds at<br>
it, basically.<br>
<br>
--Rob<br>
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