Cost. The Cisco gear is pretty old and due for replacement. The new Cisco hardware and maintenance contracts are pretty pricey. We can do the same job with OpenBSD and have spare hardware for a lot less. There are 4 routers that need replacing, three of which we've replaced with OpenBSD, but only in lab testing. They are not live yet. We've only the 1 router left with the T1 left to get functional.
-----Original Message----- From: Noah Pugsley [mailto:noa...@bendtel.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:46 PM To: Brandan Rowley Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Recommend T1 Card for 4.6 A little off topic but why trying to get rid of the Cisco? Other than the power/size/noise or to simplify your setup, less links in the chain, etc.. I use OpenBSD for everything I can, and some things I shouldn't but an ebay 2600 + WIC is dirt cheap.... Cheers, noah Brandan Rowley wrote: > Thanks Andrew, Steve and David for your replies. > > I did check the man pages for WAN devices and did a little research. > Here's what I found: > > *Accoom Networks Artery T1/E1 WAN interfaces (art) (G) > *SBE (formerly Lan Media Corporation) SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN > interfaces (lmc) (G) > *Sangoma Technologies AFT T1/E1 WAN interfaces (san) (G) > > > Accoom.net web page hasn't been updated since 2005 and the purchase site > only has a picture of asparagus on it. > > Can't find a company website for SBE. Is it possibly One Stop Systems > now? > > Sangoma has a ton of links and info, but Sangoma has not supported > OpenBSD since 2007 as per the man page. I did purchase a Sangoma A101 > which is not recognized by 4.6 and the drivers won't install without > error. The Sangoma installation instructions on the internet are for > OpenBSD3.6 which seems pretty dated. > > Steve, How did you get your Sangoma card to work? Is it an A101u? I > believe the one I purchased was an A101c which Sangoma said replaced the > A101u. > > > Regards, > Brandan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf > Of Andrew Fresh > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:44 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Recommend T1 Card for 4.6 > > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 01:01:26PM -0700, Brandan Rowley wrote: >> Is there anyone using a T1 card for data on 4.6? Perhaps a T1 to >> Ethernet converter? I'm interested to find out how others have > resolved >> this and what hardware was used. We're using a Soekris 5501. > > I am (still) using Sangoma cards. They work "fine" but a warm boot > instead of a cold boot sometimes causes a DDB. > > I have not tried any other solutions on OpenBSD. I do know there was > another card that I believe an OpenBSD developer was helping make but I > don't know that there was ever a product you could purchase. > > l8rZ, > -- > andrew - ICQ# 253198 - Jabber: and...@rraz.net > > BOFH excuse of the day: Melting hard drives
