From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 29 23:41:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA15179 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:41:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA15172 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:41:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA20776; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:39:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:39:42 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Alan Batie , Dennis , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATM WAN interface 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 Interesting... Is anyone using this type of config to handle dsl customers? How many PVCs could a beefy box handle? We've been looking at ATM cards for existing routers and the RedBack box as well... What type of ATM functionality do we have right now? With dsl, you could easily reach over 1000 pvcs. Some dsl providers are even doing ppp over atm (blech, more overhead) to allow for a "sign-on" type deal... Thanks, Charles --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com --- "...there's no idea that's so good you can't ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Alan Batie wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:35:29PM +0100, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > Well, of course you can have an ATM interface on a FreeBSD box - use e.g. > > > Fore PCA200e card (155Mbps OC3c, either single- or multi-mode fiber). > > > > I'm much too small an operation to do 155Mbps, unfortunately... I need to > > start at T1 and work my way up... > > You don't have to use up all the 155Mbps - this is just the clock speed, > and actual VC bandwidth is what they should charge you for - at least this > is the way we do it in Poland. So, you can have the 155Mpbs ATM > connection, but an E1 virtual circuit set up as your uplink. Then, your > provider would do policing on their switches to enforce that speed. > > Andrzej Bialecki > > -------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- > ||PicoBSD|| FreeBSD in your pocket? Go and see: > Research & Academic |+-------+| "Small & Embedded FreeBSD" > Network in Poland | |TT~~~| | http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ > -------------------- ~-+==---+-+ ------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message