From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 11 12:10:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA10647 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news.cioe.com (news.cioe.com [204.120.165.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA10635 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by news.cioe.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id OAA07467; Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:10:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:10:03 -0500 (EST) From: Steven Ames Message-Id: <199709111910.OAA07467@news.cioe.com> To: damian@cablenet.net, jas@flyingfox.com Subject: Re: sync card? Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > [The SDL WANic is] not so great, I could only get it to work in PPP > > mode not HDLC. It will be great when FreeBSD is a supported platform. > > Mmmm, yes, we've only used it in PPP mode; sorry to hear that. There's > also a frame relay driver from SDL (no source), which we'll be evaluating, > but haven't gotten to yet. I talked with an SDL rep this morning. She said that Frame wasn't supported under UNIX... oddly under NT, only frame is supported. She also said HDLC will never be supported under NT. > On the other hand, I've been very happy with it in PPP mode. Reliable > and fast, and handles a full T-1 without breaking a sweat. That's good to hear. I'm not really hung up on HDLC anyway. -Steve