> Another issue with MCPPP from Livingston - we plan, in the next few months,
> to have it for the PM-2 family (with ISDN installed). You will be able to
> put say a PM-2i and a PM-3 in the same group.
Not for PM2e's? I would kinda like to be able to do this plain modems
too. Simple load balancing works with the PM2 now, but if the pool
contains contains multiple PM2's, it doesn't always work...
> > This part really bites. All the MAX 400x series use the same hardware
> >base, just with different software keys to give you the features you want.
>
> Actually I believe the 4002/4004 is a newer base than the 4000, but I'm not
> sure.
The 4000 can run 4002 code, it just disables 2 of the T1 ports. The
4000 code will not support 12-modem cards, only 8-modem cards. It
doesn't seem like their is any difference.
...
> >PRI<->T1 (for conversion between PRI and T1)
>
> What is this used for?
Being able to take a call on a T1, and pass it through to a PRI, or vice
versa. This is mostly useful for people passing calls through to a PBX.
The MAX can convert call signalling between the two.
> >Multirate
>
> ISDN Multirate -- A network-based ISDN service which allows users
> network access equipment to dial network channels of bandwidth in
> increments of 64 kbit/s, up to 1536 kbit/s. Access to ISDN Multirate
> service is obtained over ISDN PRI lines.
>
> OK - isn't this just like what MP or Livingston's load balancing provides?
Not really. Which multirate the channel bonding is done at the network
level, so it appears to the system as single larger channel. This is only
support by AT&T switches. This provides Switched-384 and Switched-1536
service.
...
> -MZ
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>
Tom