From owner-freebsd-atm@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 11:55:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47416A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:55:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421A743D39 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:55:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j27Btkb53742; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 03:55:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Aled Morris" Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 03:55:39 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal cc: atm@freebsd.org Subject: RE: PPP over ATM X-BeenThere: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ATM for FreeBSD! List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:55:48 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Aled Morris [mailto:aledm@qix.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:03 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav; atm@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: PPP over ATM > > > >How exactly are you going to get the DSL signal from the > telephone line > >into the ATM card, then? You did say this was ADSL. > > I haven't seen any available recently but you used to be able > to buy ADSL > modems which simply did the layer 1 conversion from the POTS line to > (typically) an ATM25 UTP port. Cisco had one (model 626 or > 627 I think.) > Both. The 626 is DMT issue 1, the 627 is DMT issue 2. Good luck finding one. Cisco's 6xx series were an acquisition from Netspeed. The Cisco 675 was originally the Netspeed 204 for example. > Plus of course the network side of the DSLAM is likely 155Mbps > ATM, so you > could connect your FreeBSD server there to terminate PPPoA from > subscribers. I'd be interested to know how many such sessions > you could > achieve on a FreeBSD box - it could be a low-cost alternative to the > products from Cisco or Redback etc. > He doesen't have this side. But if he's a regular ISP connecting to a Telco's DSL network, he isn't going to be handed a 155Mbt ATM connection. He's going to get a ATM DS3 and will need a card for that. Ted