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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!gateway.dkstat.com!daveh From: David Holloway <daveh@dkstat.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Fractional T-1 with a FreeBSD router: Any tips? Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:09:46 -0700 Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 28 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960826150901.25460B-100000@gateway.dkstat.com> References: <finlayson-2408960952430001@hokianga.live.com> <tporczyk.841037060@shellx> NNTP-Posting-Host: gateway.dkstat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <tporczyk.841037060@shellx> I agree here getting a FreeBSD machine to link up properly with the DSU will be quite dificult, better to go with a PortMaster, or a Pipeline On 25 Aug 1996, Tony Porczyk wrote: > finlayson@lvn.com (Ross Finlayson) writes: > > >I'm planning to install a 128 kbps fractional T-1 connection (possibly > >upgrading to 384 kbps or full T-1 later), using a Pentium box running > >FreeBSD as a router. > >Can anyone out there who's run this configuration give me any tips (dos, > >don'ts, gotchas)? In particular: Which I/O card did you use to interface > >to the T-1 DSU, and did you have any problems getting it to work with > >FreeBSD? Also, which brand of DSU did you use? > > Being a UNIX fanatic, I nevertheless have to ask: have you considered > anything like Pipeline 130? > > t. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@infobound.com * San Jose, California > GIT/ED d++$(!d) s++:++ a? C++++ USLB++++$ P+ E--- W(--) N++ !k w-- M- V? b- > PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>? > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >