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Date:      Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:56:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        stefhe@gmx.net (Stefan Herrmann)
Cc:        freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I4B support for US ISDN?
Message-ID:  <199901241756.JAA28209@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <36AB119D.553C5A99@gmx.net> from Stefan Herrmann at "Jan 24, 99 01:27:09 pm"

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Stefan Herrmann writes:
> > On the other hand, from Layer 3 point of view it shouldn't make
> > any difference whether its S or U interface.
> 
> What does S and U interface meen and what is the difference ?

It's just some typical ITU language. The line that comes to your
house ends in a U interface. If you stick an NT1 on it, then that
converts the U into an S interface. The difference between the
two is that only one device can connect to a U interface, whereas
multiple devices (up to 8) can connect to an S interface.

So the U is like the ISDN "WAN" interface, while the S (which is
a bus) is like the "LAN" interface.

-Archie

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