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To: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase 
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>On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, David Greenman wrote:
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>>    I'm sure you misunderstood what Dennis said. I'm sure he knows that T1's
>> are DS1 speed (1.544Mbits/second).
>
>	You're probably right since I asked him if a 10MBps or 10/100Mbps
>card would be better for the ethernet from the machine and he said, the
>max is 3MBps, 1.544MBps in/1.544MBps out full deplex.

The routing requirement for a T1 line is potentially 2 X 1.544Mbs, as
it, unlike ethernet, is full duplex. Bus transfers (about which I was 
referring) are double the bandwidth for HDLC / Sync lines.

Dennis