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- From: bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
- Subject: Re: Asincronous in Serial?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.140313.40055@camb.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 14:03:12 EDT
- References: <1992Nov5.110603.1@si.upc.es>
- Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1992Nov5.110603.1@si.upc.es>, jesusg@si.upc.es writes:
- > Hola NetWorkers:
- > Do anyone of you know about how to get an Asincronous serial
- > interface in a cisco router ?.
- > In order to use modem's MNP compresion.
-
- If it is just to a remote site with no other connections beyond,
- consider NOT using cisco hardware at the far end, and using an Ethernet
- port rather than a SYNC WAN port at the near end. Use a pair
- of Gandalf's **COMPRESSING** bridges to ferry that ethernet to the far site.
-
- You still get all the cisco routing stuff feeding that port, and you get
- really heavy duty compression to the remote site (if it is 56/64kb SYNC
- or slower) and the bridge pair costs no more than sticking say an IGS
- at the far end.
-
- Gandalf's compression should easily out perform v.42bis. Each end
- lists for ~$22xx, and is sold through both Gandalf sales AND nationwide
- class PC distribution, so at least via the latter there WILL be good
- deals available. It is priced and marketed as a commodity product.
- The i960 processor is idling while compressing - even with the optional
- 2nd WAN port running ($150 option!).
-
- OTOH, if you really want async to use something like cheap $325 16.8kb
- ZyXELs on, use a terminal server running SLIP or PPP. Latest cisco
- Trouter software goes up to 57.6kb, but cisco folks still havn't answered if
- I can run all 16 ports at that rate. ZyXELs do 57.6kb but not 115.2kb
- on the DTE side. Be sure to use out of band flow control between the
- modem and terminal server (RTS/CTS style - not x-on/x-off).
-
- We have ZyXELs running SLIP into a cisco Trouter. The ZyXELs run 16.8
- FDX between themselves, and we have the DTE side at 38.4kb (not sure how
- safe cisco is at 57.6kb). On the LCD display of the more expensive
- (~$500) ZyXELs we can see actual throughput only occasionally able to
- use the full 38.4kb using v.42bis. I suspect running at 57.6kb would
- only give very slight benefit. FWIW, the more expensive ZyXELs don't go
- any faster, but do have a display and 2/4 wire leased line capabilities.
-
- In any case, a DEC DS700-16 can run all 16 ports at 115.2kb, and DEC
- just cut their price 17%.
-
- I wonder if anyone else thinks cisco is too epensive?
-