Re: 56K on PM2e

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:27:55 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Kyle Platts wrote:

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> But Scott is using a DDS circuit, not a leased line, right? The 5600 is
> a DSU for 56k leased lines I believe?
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> DDS lines have dial-tone. You will need something like an Motorola
> DU56 (dial-unit), capable of v25bis dialing. I believe the DU56 can have
> an RS232 async interface card installed.
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> Running async into a sync device doesn't need to have a performance
> penatly, as long as the the device has buffering, can do hardware flow
> control on the async serial, and can handle a async port speed of 115200.
> The Adtran 5600 can only handle a maximum of 57600 on the async serial
> port, which is just not enough to saturate a 56K sync line.
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> Tom
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> What are you smoking? DDS lines DO NOT have dial tone on them. They ARE leased lines (leased lines typically imply point to point service, DDS being the transport).
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> Regards,
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> Kyle Platts
> CSS-Tech
> !NTERPRISE Networking Services

I thought you were talking about data-dial 56k (aka switched 56k)?

Switched-56k does have dial tone.

Tom