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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!fjholden.OntheNet.com.au!news From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Digiboar Sync/570i Device Driver - Need info!!! Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:54:29 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32AF65D5.69F1@OntheNet.com.au> References: <58i6m5$4pu@palan.palantir.com> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: Scott Boake <scott@palan.palantir.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32424 Scott Boake wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm trying to locate information on the Digiboard Sync/570i device driver > which is in FreeBSD 2.1.6. Any pointers as to what this is able to do? > (can I use this to hook into a T-1 Frame circuit and use the FreeBSD box > as a router?) I don't think that the Sync/570i will allow a hookup to a Frame Relay switch because you need more software than just the sync driver. The sync driver will allow packets (HDLC formatted) to be exchanged but FR needs X.25-like packet switching software above this! I think that the best you can achieve is a PPP connection over a T1 (or slower) circuit over which you can run IP routing! Tony