Re: (ASCEND) Connecting 2 DSLTNTs via SDSL

[Scott Kozicki <scott@bluestar.net>]

> Ah! I have yet to see a code version in which I am satisfied with the
> stability of MLFR, though it's finally almost there. What kind of code
> are you using?

rev 10 on the TNT's. I think it's rev2 on the Max 20's.

> > for the most part, FR over DSL is preferred. You can do PPP, but you
> > lose a bit of control in terms of CIR and if you're doing FR in the
> > core, you can do DLCI to DLCI mapping, giving yourself end to end QoS
> > for DSL. It's also a bit faster on the link.
> 
> Faster how? It's slower to come up because LMI has to exchange several
> rounds of status packets before the link is declared up. Do you mean
> the actual exchange of packets once the link is up?

throughput. it's quicker to encapsulate packets FR than to encapsulate
PPP. It's also easier on the processor of the pipelines.

Cheers,
Scott Kozicki
BlueStar Communications


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