From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 17 07:10:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA02427 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 07:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumter.awod.com (awod.com [198.81.225.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA02418 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 07:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tsunami..awod.com (chs0095.awod.com [198.81.225.94]) by sumter.awod.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA01763; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:10:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0b26.32.19961017101045.00b8a288@awod.com> X-Sender: klam@awod.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0b26 (32) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:10:47 -0400 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org From: Ken Lam Subject: Re: DS3 Interface for PC ? Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:17 PM 10/16/96 -0500, Joe Greco wrote: >> We are building an IDSL ISP solution. It looks are though we >> can get a number of our iDSL concentrators in one rack mount, >> but now with 400 copper circuits terminated, we need a DS3 >> Internet connection. >> >> I've seen a DS3 termination into an AT, but didn't get the >> name of the card manufacturer. Anyone know of such a card? > >There was a fellow out east looking into this, the name "Nathan" at >Netrail rings a bell. Let me know if that is not enough of a lead. Yup. but I think nathan has given up on that since he is planning on ordering a few Netstar Gigarouters. SDL makes the DS3 PCI interface, though I don't know of any existing drivers for _any_ unix. (http://www.sdlcomm.com) Who knows, if they get a BSD driver, maybe all the FreeBSD ISPs can form their own DS3 redundant backbone, peering only in the MAEs. :) -k --- Ken Lam lam@awod.com Integrated Technical Systems Systems, Networks, and Internet Solutions -- Defining Technology Today "'Plug and Play' was only applicable to the original ATARI(tm)"