I have a ZyXel Modem omni.net.D which is an ISDN type
This has been described as a modem/router, but I really do not know.
It came with some other stuff that I did want.
Has been used on a Mac (it was in the box of all Mac stuff) and I
grabbed the Mac to 25-pin serial cable for something else.
No PSU, no software, just the RJ-45 phone cable.
Anyone who wants can have it as a spare or to play with.  There is a
fair bit of stuff for download on the ZyXel website, but I'm busy on
another project.
Geoff

Dr Geoff Hone wrote:
> I have a ZyXel Modem omni.net.D which is an ISDN type
> This has been described as a modem/router, but I really do not know.
> It came with some other stuff that I did want.
> Has been used on a Mac (it was in the box of all Mac stuff) and I
> grabbed the Mac to 25-pin serial cable for something else.
> No PSU, no software, just the RJ-45 phone cable.
> Anyone who wants can have it as a spare or to play with.  There is a
> fair bit of stuff for download on the ZyXel website, but I'm busy on
> another project.
> Geoff


I remember those from the days before broadband. In the late-1990s we 
had a couple of them in our office hooked up to a PowerMac 8500 running 
Vicomsoft Internet Gateway (an amazing software router/firewall). One 
Zyxel ran our internet connection and the other served remote-access 
users working from home (remember BT Home Highway?).

They can do LZW compression to boost the data rate above the 64kbit/sec 
of an ISDN channel if talking to another compatible modem or ISP. They 
can also call up the second channel when needed to double up to 
128kbit/sec. I remember getting over 200kbit/sec on some file transfers 
with the compression and both channels blasting away - this was just 
about the max that the serial port could support.

Zyxel also did a USB model (the Omni.net USB). I had one of these at home.

I also remember huge phone bills!


cheers

Steve West
Edinburgh

Dr Geoff Hone wrote:
> I have a ZyXel Modem omni.net.D which is an ISDN type
> This has been described as a modem/router, but I really do not know.
> It came with some other stuff that I did want.
> Has been used on a Mac (it was in the box of all Mac stuff) and I
> grabbed the Mac to 25-pin serial cable for something else.
> No PSU, no software, just the RJ-45 phone cable.
> Anyone who wants can have it as a spare or to play with.  There is a
> fair bit of stuff for download on the ZyXel website, but I'm busy on
> another project.
> Geoff
Hi,
Do you still have this item?

Thanks,
Dan