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From: pjc@hookomo (Patrick J. Chicas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.dcom.telecom.tech
Subject: Re: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ?
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:54:24 +1000
Organization: Hawaii OnLine - Honolulu, HI
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In article <3egmc5$1o9@tenebrous.UU.NET> jmalcolm@uunet.uu.net (Joseph Malcolm) writes:

>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 low-end CSU/DSU does support Frame-Relay. We have a few in the field.

>>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.

Have a few of those two, from 56k through fract T-1 rates to full T-1.
Full name escapes me for the moment. I think it is an ONE-150.

Patrick J. Chicas
Hawaii OnLine