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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:15630 comp.dcom.telecom.tech:8962 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!koriel!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!uunet!not-for-mail From: jmalcolm@uunet.uu.net (Joseph Malcolm) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.dcom.telecom.tech Subject: Re: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ? Date: 5 Jan 1995 06:49:25 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3egmc5$1o9@tenebrous.UU.NET> References: <bluewiz.1.0042AE4D@cts.com> <D1r77L.MDF@indirect.com> <1995Jan3.202602.5634@fsl.noaa.gov> <3ecnah$22c@linda.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tenebrous.uu.net Keywords: CSU/DSU 56k FreeBSD In article <3ecnah$22c@linda.teleport.com>, bmk <bmk@teleport.com> wrote: >I don't know if this is important to you, but I do not believe that the >el-cheapo Motorolas support Frame Relay encapsulation. How can they not? The CSU/DSU has no way of knowing you're running frame relay over the link as opposed to IP. >They also don't >support anything larger than a 56K leased line, so you'll have to >replace it if (when?) you outgrow your link. I'm not aware of any CSU/DSUs that can do both 56k and T1. >I was investigating this option, and found that in the long run, it was >quite a bit cheaper to go with Frame Relay and a "normal" router. Your >mileage may vary, of course. Er, normal as opposed to what?