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From: David Holloway <daveh@dkstat.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Fractional T-1 with a FreeBSD router: Any tips?
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:09:46 -0700
Organization: Best Internet Communications
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In-Reply-To: <tporczyk.841037060@shellx> 

I agree here
getting a FreeBSD machine to link up properly with the DSU
will be quite dificult, better to go with
a PortMaster, or a Pipeline

On 25 Aug 1996, Tony Porczyk wrote:

> finlayson@lvn.com (Ross Finlayson) writes:
> 
> >I'm planning to install a 128 kbps fractional T-1 connection (possibly
> >upgrading to 384 kbps or full T-1 later), using a Pentium box running
> >FreeBSD as a router.
> >Can anyone out there who's run this configuration give me any tips (dos,
> >don'ts, gotchas)?  In particular: Which I/O card did you use to interface
> >to the T-1 DSU, and did you have any problems getting it to work with
> >FreeBSD?  Also, which brand of DSU did you use?
> 
> Being a UNIX fanatic, I nevertheless have to ask: have you considered
> anything like Pipeline 130?
> 
> t.
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> Tony Porczyk     *    tporczyk@infobound.com    *     San Jose,  California
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> PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>?
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