From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Nov 15 18:57:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05782 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:57:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ccsales.com (ccsales.com [216.0.22.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05776 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:57:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from randyk@ccsales.com) Received: from ntrkcasa (pool95.hiper.net [216.0.22.95]) by ccsales.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id SAA14090; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:56:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981115185715.00c4e140@ccsales.com> X-Sender: randyk@ccsales.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:57:15 -0800 To: Anand Buddhdev , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Randy A. Katz" Subject: Re: WAN cards in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <19981111111329.A6808@iconnect.co.ke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I use the Etinc adapters and find them a breeze and very robust performance wise. The bandwidth liming comes in handy when you finally get around to using it also... At 11:13 AM 11/11/98 +0300, Anand Buddhdev wrote: >We're a small ISP in Kenya. Currently we only offer dial-in services with >Livingston PM's. Now, we want to start offering digital leased lines to >customers, as there's a need for them. We have been considering 2 >possibilities: > >1. Use dedicated hardware that will allow us to connect multiple 64K >digital lines into one box. Perhaps some cisco product. > >2. Use a PC with WAN cards in it, like those from Sangoma or ETINC. This >would be a cheaper option, since we can use 486's and the cards are not too >expensive (with Sangoma we would save on DTU costs as well). > >Is there anyone on the list who is using these cards, and if so, what is >their experience. do they perform well? and ease of use? On the other hand, >if there is anyone using dedicated hardware (eg. cisco), what is your >experience?. > >Pointers to any relevant websites/documentation would be appreciated. > >PS. All the customers would be using 64K for now, since we don't yet have >T1/E1 lines in Kenya. Perhaps in the coming months, we may get those too, >if the phone compnay starts to offer higher speeds. > >Thanks, > >-- >Anand > >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