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Date:      Wed, 27 May 1998 15:18:51 -0700
From:      "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
To:        Jay <jay@oneway.com>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: T1+CSU/DSU card driver for FreeBSD (was: T1 CSU cards)
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19980527151851.0378e3e0@ccsales.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526231836.6948A-100000@tidal.oneway.com>
References:  <199805270306.XAA12627@whizzo.transsys.com>

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I've been using the dual T1 PCI card from http://www.etinc.com
They have drivers for Linux and FreeBSD and work great. I have implemented
them on PPP, Frame Relay and HDLC connections.

Thanx,
Randy Katz


At 12:27 AM 5/27/98 -0400, Jay wrote:
>> > T1-serial cards without CSU..  Can anyone point me in the direction of T1
>> > cards with integrated CSU for FreeBSD?  Does such an animal exist?
>> 
>> 2.  A high-speed serial card with a built-in CSU/DSU.  You plug a T-1 line
>> right into it, perhaps connected to a smart-jack.   The T-1 line goes
>> out of the building to a local central office.  If lightning gets too 
>> close to this sort of wire, then you get bit errors and then it's better.
>> Or at least the hardware doesn't burst into flame.
>> I think you were asking about a product that does #2 as compared to a #1.
>    Yes,  That is what I am searching for.  I looked at the SDL web site
>and it appears that they only support BSDI & Linux on the UNIX side.  Do
>you know if they have FreeBSD support?  
>
>Also:  
>
>    I talked with a company called Sangoma (www.sangoma.com) this
>afternoon, they have a T1 product with integrated csu/dsu which is
>relatively inexpensive (about $850 US).  Currently the only driver
>software for their cards is for NT, Linux and SCO. 
>
>HOWEVER: They are willing to do a port of their driver software to
>FreeBSD, if people are interested and tell them so.  I've already cast my
>vote with them... if this is something you are interested in as well,
>please let them know.  I spoke with Gideon Hack this afternoon, his email
>is ghack@sangoma.com. 
>    If anyone knows anything I should know about these cards or sangoma,
>please let me know.  If not, I'm going to lean on the higher-ups here to
>help me with getting Sangoma to do the driver port, since the project I am
>currently working on may require us to purchase some quantity of them. 
>
>If this is something you are interested in, please drop Gideon a line.
>Every email they get will push it a little higher on their priority list.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jay K.
>
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