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Re: (ASCEND) Does Ascend make a TA that supports x.121 packet transfers?

Sorry but the Pipeline isn't a TA. We have other customers doing this by
opening a TCP connection from the PC to the Pipeline and scripting the X.3
pad commands.


At 07:30 PM 9/21/98 -0500, John Coy (anc.net) wrote:
>My application is to process credit cards using CompuServ's VPL
>transaction service.  In their white paper, it describes:
>
>The customer will order an ISDN from their local LEC.  When
>ordering an ISDN line the following requirements must be met:
>
>1) The ISDN line must support D-channel packet interworking
>2) The local ISDN switch must be connected to the PDN
>3) The PDN must recognize the CNS DNIC (Data Network Identifier Code)
>   of 3132 and route to the CNS gateway(s) to the PDN.  The full 
>   X.121 address of the transaction gateway is typically
>   31329999999600
>
>The paper goes on to describe an Omnilink (ADAK) terminal adapter which
>supports this feature.  I was curious if Ascend makes a product
>that can do this too (but it needed to be a TA, not a router because
>of my software application).
>
>My software application is ICVERIFY running on an SCO Unix machine.
>It communicates with the TA through the computer's serial interface
>(obviously).  I am still researching what piece of middleware I need to 
>run from ICVERIFY to the TA.  Omnilink made mention of a X.28? PAD
>(packet assembler disassembler)?  That's where I get lost...
>
>Hope that helps.  If anyone has any insight on this I'd greatly
>appreciate it!
>
>
>At 04:59 PM 9/16/98 -0700, Kevin A Smith wrote:
>>I'm beginning to see where this is all going, and I think that my answers
>>(although accurate) may be misleading. What is/are the specific applications
>>that you are looking to support with this feature?
>>
>>At 02:36 PM 9/16/98 , Kevin A Smith wrote:
>>>Yes. That's where the X.121 protocol comes into play.
>>>
>>>At 02:19 PM 9/16/98 , Jason Nealis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Does it due x.25 across the d-channel though? I believe the Cisco
>>>>770 series does it.
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kevin A Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At 09:03 AM 9/16/98 , John Coy (anc.net) wrote:
>>>>> >Does Ascend make a terminal adapter that supports
>>>>> >X.121 packet services across the D-channel?  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Not a TA, but the Pipeline 50/75/85 all support it in the
>>>>> X.25 loads.
>
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