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4.5
ISDN CAPI Port Driver or NDIS WAN CAPI Driver?
The deployment opportunities for the respective driver concept are
described in detail in the associated documentation (HLP files).
The following recommendations for use with ISDN and Windows
can be made to start with on the basis of a benefit-oriented com-
parison:
• For Internet providers offering PPP over ISDN (“synchronous
PPP” according to RFC 1618), both the ISDN CAPI Port Driver
and the NDIS WAN CAPI Driver are suitable. You should ask
your provider whether the PPP over ISDN protocol is supported.
• In the case of Internet providers not offering PPP over ISDN, it
is normally possible to dial in via the CAPI port modem “PPP
asynchronous”. With the ISDN CAPI Port Driver, it is also
possible to support “special solutions” by way of register
settings. You should ask your Internet provider. On account of
the system design, the NDIS WAN CAPI Driver does not offer
this functionality.
• Both drivers are suitable for access to RAS servers.
• ”Non-Internet applications” such as MS Money 97 or terminal
programs for example can only be used via ISDN CAPI Port
Drivers (status as of August 1998).
