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- From: koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton Koelman)
- Subject: Re: Cisco and ISDN?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.103823.10800@stc.nato.int>
- Sender: usenet@stc.nato.int (USENET messages)
- Reply-To: koelman@stc.nato.int
- Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
- References: <dhuber.715944245@autmgr>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:38:23 GMT
- Lines: 56
-
- In article <dhuber.715944245@autmgr> dhuber@autelca.ascom.ch (Daniel
- Huber) writes:
- > Hi netters,
- >
- > I have a few questions about Cisco routers and ISDN.
- >
- > As I know, Cisco Routers provides ISDN on demand (since release 9.0). Is
- > this true?
-
- You need a Terminal Adapter with DTR signalling (hot line)
- or V.25bis (multiple destinations)
-
- > How good works this?
-
- We don't have 9.0 yet. We'll use DTR. V25bis TA's are hard
- to come by.
-
- >
- > We want to connect several sites over ISDN here in Switzerland. The
- Swiss
-
- We between The Haque, Brussels and Ramstein
-
- > ISDN allows eg. 2*B+D (2*64kb/s + 16kb/s).
- >
- > - If I connect two Swiss sites over this ISDN line (eg. with IGS
- Routers),
- > do I get 128kb/s throughput between the sites?
-
- Don't count on it. The TA has to accept 128 kbit/s.
-
- > - How much time takes it to setup the connection?
-
- Ask your local PTT. (1 to 2 seconds?)
- depends on distance.
-
- > - Is there a nonactivity timeout, which breaks the ISDN line?
-
- yes
-
- > - Will eg. the TCP/IP Telnet connection stay connected then, and the
- router
- > will setup a new connection if I type a character?
-
- yes
-
- > - We also want to connect to a site in France. Their ISDN net just
- allows on
- > 64kb/s channel. Will this work anyway?
-
- should do (Is this true BTW?)
-
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