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From: neil@domino.org (Neil J. McRae)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: ISDN for NetBSD
Date: 13 Nov 1995 20:09:46 GMT
Organization: Domino
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References: <46gifk$d2n@cousteau.norcen.com> <DH2tFH.GJx@GTS.NET> <47egb7$1bh@cynic.portal.ca> <87lopv86ir.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com>
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In article <87lopv86ir.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com>,
Robert Sanders  <rsanders@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Although we use them in great abundance here, I'd never to so far as
>to call the Ascend Pipelines *good* routers.  Their sole routing
>protocol is RIPv1 and their routing table doesn't fully support
>classless addressing yet.
>
>For home and small offices they're tolerable, but for anything more
>serious I'd prefer a solid ISDN card or TA on a sync serial port under
>one of the source-available *BSDs.
>
Sorry, Big disagreement here, The Pipeline routers, and the more powerful
MAXX routers are simply a dream come true, Yes, they have had a few bugs in
code but nothing that Ascend hasn't fixed. We use piles of Ascends at my place
of employment and for ISDN they are simply the best. They are simple
to configure and once running they don't stop.

Regards,
Neil.

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