Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:15:01 -0400 (EDT) From: listuser <listuser@h2o.journey.net> To: "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net> Cc: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com>, dennis@etinc.com, map@iphil.net, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: Comparison Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970618101343.25343B-100000@h2o.journey.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.970617160840.707A-100000@dream.future.net>
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The most cost effective Ascend MAX is the 4048.. It comes with T1/PRI software and 48 K56 modems and the CSU's for two T1's... (Infact it works great :) I also have 4002's and 4004's and have a MAX TNT on order for a large pop I am building.. --Matt On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Tom T. Thai wrote: > I believe you can with the right drivers. For instance, take a PRI/T1 > card with MVIP interface and hook it up to a 24 highdensity card via the > MVIP interface. ISDN is handled by the T1/PRI card and if it detects > analog, it passes the call to the analog modem card. The hardware is out > there, but no drivers. > > On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, John T. Farmer wrote: > > > > > On Tue Jun 17 11:06:51 1997 dennis said: > > >At 01:57 PM 6/17/97 +0800, you wrote: > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>Jon Lewis wrote: > > >>> I wonder if ET has considered such a thing based on their sync cards? My > > >>> guess is there's so much extra hardware and software involved that anyone > > >>> making one of these as a PC card to be used under Unix or NT is unlikely. > > > > > >This is non-sense, but the market for unix is way too small and NT probably > > >doesnt have the hooks to do it properly. It IS a big project, and to do EI > > >would > > >require getting tons of approvals and testing sites......but channelized T1 is > > >more reasonable. We dont plan on doing it though. Can't do everything, and > > >selling unix into high-end scenarios is a tough job. > > > > > >> > > >>Perhaps. However I am interested, and I'm sure many other folks are, > > >>in the interests of ease-of-management. Channelized E1 gear such as > > >>the Ascend MAX 4000 support a whole lot of stuff like ISDN and frame > > >>which we cannot use anyway, but add to the cost (fantastic!) > > > > I'm coming into this in the middle so to speak, and so I'm not sure what > > exactly was being discussed but it sounds like it's related to something > > that I'm interested in, that is ISDN interfaces for BRI & PRI that will > > operate under FreeBSD. > > > > So far, what I've seen are some older cards that used to work under FreeBSD. > > > > What I would like to be able to do is to use it for PPP & MPP. If it could > > accept "voice/modem" calls (aka k56) that would be a win also. I suppose > > that what I want is to able to add the ability of an Ascend 1800 or 2000 > > to a FreeBSD box :^> (Max 1800 handles 8 BRI's, supports upto 16 64k ppp > > links for ~ $6k. Add ~$5k & it supports 16 k56/33.6 channels. The 2000 > > does the same using a PRI.) > > > > So any ideas? > > > > John > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems > > jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee > > dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com > > Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting > > > > > .............. .................................... > Thomas T. Thai Infomedia Interactive Communications > tom@iic.net TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087 > > >
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