From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 17 08:10:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA05683 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:10:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA05328 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA20556; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:12:33 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:12:33 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: Bradley Dunn cc: Joe Greco , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DS3 Interface for PC ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Bradley Dunn wrote: > > > 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? > ... > Didn't he give up on that? Something about not being able to switch > packets faster than 10Mbps? > > Anyway, there is one at: > http://www.sdlcomm.com/PRODUCTS/cc3i.htm > Anyone know if there are FreeBSD drivers yet? :-) This appears to be vaporware. After promising delivery in August, they are now talking about actually having working cards in mid-November. SDL will then (?) begin developing NT and Linux drivers. BSDI will apparently begin work on a BSD/OS driver in November or later. SDL sales now expresses reluctance to sell the card to ISPs, saying that it is really intended for the OEM market. There is a suggestion that the product might really be ready in January, which suggests to me 2Q97 ... Very discouraging. We are looking for another vendor. They have not said a word about a FreeBSD driver. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684