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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:15720 comp.dcom.telecom.tech:9030 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuhou.aloha.net!pjc.u.aloha.net!pjc From: pjc@hookomo (Patrick J. Chicas) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.dcom.telecom.tech Subject: Re: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ? Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:54:24 +1000 Organization: Hawaii OnLine - Honolulu, HI Lines: 23 Message-ID: <pjc.77.0121BC22@hookomo> References: <bluewiz.1.0042AE4D@cts.com> <D1r77L.MDF@indirect.com> <1995Jan3.202602.5634@fsl.noaa.gov> <3ecnah$22c@linda.teleport.com> <3egmc5$1o9@tenebrous.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: pjc.u.aloha.net Keywords: CSU/DSU 56k FreeBSD X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <3egmc5$1o9@tenebrous.UU.NET> jmalcolm@uunet.uu.net (Joseph Malcolm) writes: >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 low-end CSU/DSU does support Frame-Relay. We have a few in the field. >>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. Have a few of those two, from 56k through fract T-1 rates to full T-1. Full name escapes me for the moment. I think it is an ONE-150. Patrick J. Chicas Hawaii OnLine