[31683] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Channelized T1's & Remote Access Routers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Sat Oct 7 02:04:14 2000
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 02:01:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net>
Cc: Karyn Ulriksen <kulriksen@publichost.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Roland Dobbins wrote:
>
> I've done something similar in the past by using external Adtran DSUs
> with pass-through capability. I set the channel-map in the DSU to pull
> the channels out which are used for voice, FAX, etc. and get/pass them
> from/to the PBX using a DSX-1 interface before they ever hit the V.35
> interface which plugs into the back of the router.
>
> In this configuration, the router neither knows nor cares about the
> channels which aren't used for data traffic.
>
Even using the DSX-1, wouldn't she need 2-wire ringdown cards to supply
POTS lines to the fax? Seems like it would be less expensive than putting
in a PBX to handle fax traffic.
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
