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Date:      Thu, 28 May 1998 11:23:11 -0400
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        Luiz de Barros <luiz@nlink.com.br>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, support@etinc.com
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cabling problems with etinc?
Message-ID:  <199805281525.LAA02507@etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980528091535.29261A-100000@mirage.nlink.com. br>

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At 09:34 AM 5/28/98 -0300, Luiz de Barros wrote:
>Dear ALL,
>
>We purchased an Etinc 5025PQ PCI quad syncronous E1/T1/Fractional card and
>are havind a few problems putting it to work with more than 64Kbps.
>We have a 256Kbps fractional E1 link provided by the TELCO via an HDSL
>Termination Unit and a G.703 to V.35 E1 converter. 

You say "greater than 64kbs...does that imply that you have it working at
lower
speeds or on some other connection? If so, there is no difference for the
higher
speed...you should use EXACTLY the same settings. the board uses the same 
setting @ 64kbs and 2Mbs.
>
>We would like to make a FreeBSD router, connecting our various networks
>and holding our connection to internet.
>
>The whole setup works fine with a cisco on the other side and IBM, Cisco
>and Cyclades routers here at our ISP (Same CSU/DSU cable, connecting the
>V.35 cable with the V.35 DTE cable from the router ). Etinc keeps saying
>it is a clable problem, CSU/DSU problem, but how does it work with any
>router?
>
>I configured etinc port to PPP, HDLC, internal, external clock, changed
>ifconfig parameters according to the manual and i am not being able to put
>the link up and IP packets going from one side to the other at 256Kbps.
>
>I purchased etinc because of good recomendations here on the list but as i
>could see, the support from etinc is not as good as it should be.  Did
>anybody already experienced any similar situation? Do i need to change
>etinc's cable?  Does anybody know of any other card that can work in this
>situation?
>
>I have heard of many other choices of Sync cards and maybe next time i
>will use another card, that can give me support to work with more than
>64Kbps. I used to recomend etinc to my friends because of its support to
>FreeBSD, a Robust system with full support from the developers, etc but
>now i am quite disappointed with etinc's support.
>
>Luiz
>
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