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From: tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Fractional T-1 with a FreeBSD router: Any tips?
Date: 25 Aug 1996 22:25:23 -0700
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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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