From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 03:34:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA01931 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:34:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA01926 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:34:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.6/8.6.5) with SMTP id DAA10435; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:30:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611141130.DAA10435@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Veggy Vinny cc: Jim Dixon , John Hay , Chad Shackley , isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:58:02 PST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:30:19 -0800 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > Was just looking at the SDL Homepage and was wondering what the >> > Asynchronous and BiSynchrous speeds mean since isn't it supposed to do >> > atleast 1.544MBps? >> > >> > THis is for the RISCCom/N2. >> > ... >> > HDLC/SDLC Speeds to 12 Mbps >> >> This is the number you care about. PPP, Cisco HDLC, and frame relay >> run on top of raw HDLC. We have never cranked them up to 12 Mbps ;-) >> but they work fine at 2 Mbps or T1. > > I know what you mean but what about for the Ethernet side of it, >isn't that Asynchronous speed in any way related or what were those >numbers for? T1 actually is 3Mbps accourding to Dennis at ET, T1 speed >going in and out combined... I'm sure you misunderstood what Dennis said. I'm sure he knows that T1's are DS1 speed (1.544Mbits/second). -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project