[31681] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Channelized T1's & Remote Access Routers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Fri Oct 6 19:50:16 2000
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 16:40:05 -0700
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net>
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To: Steve Gibbard <scg@gibbard.org>
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Yes, that's the feature to look for on the Adtran DSU and appropriate
module(s), drop-and-insert.
Steve Gibbard wrote:
>
> The feature you're looking for is called drop and insert. I don't think
> the channelized T1 modules for the Cisco 3640 will do it. I don't know
> about the AS5300 off the top of my head, but Cisco's web site should say.
>
> I was doing this with an Ascend Max 6000, and it worked. I wouldn't
> recommend the Maxes, though, since unless something has changed in the
> last five months, we were never able to find a software version for it
> that supported v.90 and would stay up for more than a few weeks without
> needing to be rebooted. Other dial-up terminal servers should be able to
> handle this too. Look for "drop and insert" in the specs.
>
> Inet-access is probably a better list for this discussion than nanog.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
>
> >
> > I've been handling routing for web farms for quite a while and all my
> > clients have leased lines (T1's, T3's, etc) and haven't done much in the way
> > of dialup connects except for a portmaster here and there for backdoor
> > stuff. As a result, I'm a little dumb about basic dial-up access and
> > equipment.
> >
> > What access router would I need to take in a channelized T1 that needs to
> > have 6 of the lines split out for feeds to a fax server and the remaining
> > used for dialup POPs? I've been looking at the Ascend/Lucent SuperPipe 155
> > and the Cisco 36xx and 53xx, but wonder if those can split out the fax
> > server feeds I need from the T1.
> >
> > Any and all *constructive* feedback on this will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Karyn
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Steve Gibbard scg@gibbard.org
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