Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:48:46 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net> Cc: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, Chad Shackley <chad@gaianet.net>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114104739.6675k-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961114121224.14610Q-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Jim Dixon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote: > > > > > HDLC/SDLC Speeds to 12 Mbps > > > > > > This is the number you care about. PPP, Cisco HDLC, and frame relay > > > run on top of raw HDLC. We have never cranked them up to 12 Mbps ;-) > > > but they work fine at 2 Mbps or T1. > > > > I know what you mean but what about for the Ethernet side of it, > > isn't that Asynchronous speed in any way related or what were those > > numbers for? > > You can use the board for other purposes, possibly with different > daughterboards. It has nothing to do with 'the ethernet side', which > is handled by the Pentium. I forgot a T1 was synchronous. > > T1 actually is 3Mbps accourding to Dennis at ET, T1 speed > > going in and out combined... > > Well, of course, it's bidirectional. But everybody else thinks that > T1 is 1.536 Mbps or so. > > We run N2Ds at 2 Mbps (or 4 Mbps if you want to count it that way) > with no trouble at all. That's good to know. Thanks for the info. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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