From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Feb 27 20:32:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA18250 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 20:32:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from srv.net (snake.srv.net [199.104.81.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA18227 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 20:32:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cmott@srv.net) Received: from darkstar.home (ras551.srv.net [205.180.127.51]) by srv.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA24506; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 21:31:52 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 21:31:18 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott X-Sender: cmott@darkstar.home To: Shawn Ramsey cc: Tony Li , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CSU/DSU In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > Are there any CSU/DSU modules that plug into an ISA or PCI slot? My basic > > > interest is getting a T-1 (DS-1, actually) connection using FreeBSD as the > > > router. > > > > > > The CSU/DSU units I have seen communicate with a router via a synchronous > > > serial connection. Are there any economical interface cards designed to > > > receive a 1.5 megabit/sec synchronous connection? Are standard UARTs > > > capable of this? > > > > I recommend SDL's T1 card: www.sdlcomm.com > > We use Emerging Technologie's 4 port PCI card. It works great. I believe > it is also cheaper, but they expect you know what you are doing. Technical > support is pretty mimimal, and once you have one card working.. thats it. > > www.etinc.com > Thanks for both suggestions. Where would I look in the FreeBSD source tree to find the drivers for these cards? As far an integrated CSU/DSU, I am willing to gamble a little here -- assuming I can probably borrow something like a Kentrox to initially test the line and understand the various encoding options (all the B8ZS and related stuff is a little scary to newcomers). Charles Mott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message