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Re: (ASCEND) Lucent -=-> Ascend --> ? (fwd)



Once upon a time David S. Langlands shaped the electrons to say...
>why no HDLC encap on leased T1 connections with the 8t1-card for the TNT?
>Does the PM-4 support HDLC on T1's?  In my opinion PPP on a T1 is a p.i.t.a.

No, the PM-4 does not.  Lucent doesn't do raw HDLC on anything.

Why no HDLC?  It isn't a standard.  There are several vendors who do raw
HDLC - and many do not talk to each other.  Since their PPP works they see
no need to invent yet another non-standard way to do the same thing.

If PPP is a problem, then I'd think the PPP code is crap.  PPP works simply
and reliably if coded correctly.  And if the HW is any good the advantage of
HDLC over PPP on throughput is negligible.

-MZ
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