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Re: (ASCEND) 32HDLC card



At 01:14 PM 9/16/97 -0700, Kevin Smith wrote:
>At 01:14 PM 9/16/97 -0400, Phillip Vandry wrote:
>>> I've got a 32HDLC card...  I can't remember what it does :)  It's been
>>> sitting on the shelf so long in the bag that I can't remember why we
>>> bought it.
>>> 
>>> Umm, what's it for? :)

>No, modem connections do not use up an HDLC channel - only sync port
>connections
>do, like ISDN-PPP, Frame-Relay, ISDN-MP etc.
>
>>If you have fewer of them than you have physical ports (channels, modems,
>>serial ports, etc..) then you are in trouble.
>
>Since the MAX40xx can have up to 4*30 (Europe) channels = 120, and the
>base unit has 64 channels "built in", you might need to add more 32HDLC
> cards to support more than 64 simultaneous HDLC sessions (1 frame-relay
> port T1/E1 can use up 24/30 in one go)....

So does a 2B ISDN MPP connection take up one or two HDLC ports?  I infer 2,
but want to be sure.

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