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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!news.domino.org!neil From: neil@domino.org (Neil J. McRae) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: ISDN for NetBSD Date: 13 Nov 1995 20:09:46 GMT Organization: Domino Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4888ma$7kp@genesis.domino.org> References: <46gifk$d2n@cousteau.norcen.com> <DH2tFH.GJx@GTS.NET> <47egb7$1bh@cynic.portal.ca> <87lopv86ir.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: doublesix.domino.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: genesis.domino.org In article <87lopv86ir.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com>, Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> wrote: >Although we use them in great abundance here, I'd never to so far as >to call the Ascend Pipelines *good* routers. Their sole routing >protocol is RIPv1 and their routing table doesn't fully support >classless addressing yet. > >For home and small offices they're tolerable, but for anything more >serious I'd prefer a solid ISDN card or TA on a sync serial port under >one of the source-available *BSDs. > Sorry, Big disagreement here, The Pipeline routers, and the more powerful MAXX routers are simply a dream come true, Yes, they have had a few bugs in code but nothing that Ascend hasn't fixed. We use piles of Ascends at my place of employment and for ISDN they are simply the best. They are simple to configure and once running they don't stop. Regards, Neil. -- -- neil@domino.org Domino: In the glow of the night. -- -- Free your computer and your <a href="http://www.NetBSD.ORG/">mind</a> --