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From: jmalcolm@uunet.uu.net (Joseph Malcolm)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.dcom.telecom.tech
Subject: Re: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ?
Date: 5 Jan 1995 06:49:25 -0500
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA
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Message-ID: <3egmc5$1o9@tenebrous.UU.NET>
References: <bluewiz.1.0042AE4D@cts.com> <D1r77L.MDF@indirect.com> <1995Jan3.202602.5634@fsl.noaa.gov> <3ecnah$22c@linda.teleport.com>
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Keywords: CSU/DSU 56k FreeBSD

In article <3ecnah$22c@linda.teleport.com>, bmk <bmk@teleport.com> wrote:
>I don't know if this is important to you, but I do not believe that the
>el-cheapo Motorolas support Frame Relay encapsulation.

How can they not? The CSU/DSU has no way of knowing you're running
frame relay over the link as opposed to IP.

>They also don't
>support anything larger than a 56K leased line, so you'll have to
>replace it if (when?) you outgrow your link.

I'm not aware of any CSU/DSUs that can do both 56k and T1.

>I was investigating this option, and found that in the long run, it was
>quite a bit cheaper to go with Frame Relay and a "normal" router.  Your
>mileage may vary, of course.

Er, normal as opposed to what?