On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Matt Holdrege wrote: > At 02:31 PM 11/26/97 -0800, MegaZone wrote: > >Once upon a time Andy Walden shaped the electrons to say... > >>Yep. I have one too. Actually was kinda thinking of using it for that > >>until Ascend corrected me, the TNT is not a router. Plus, it doesn't do > >>BGP. > > > >If it is not a router, why the hell do they sell things like the FrameLine > >card which are good for nothing except T1 connections? You do need to > >route them, and do it efficiently. And they claim you can have mutltuple > >FL cards in a chassis... > > The TNT is indeed a router. And a NAS, and an xDSL DSLAM, and a few other > things. I think I recently explained the difference between a single > processor Max 4000 and a distributed processing TNT. The TNT can accomodate > heavy routing that the Max 4000 cannot. > Between the two classes I took, one in Chicago, the other in Alameda, everyone in both places really suggested it wasn't anything more then a 'fat max'. I have two T1 cards, and the rest of it is full of modems, so I'm going to give it a try as a router regardless. Andy ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11070.html">Re: (ASCEND) GRF: up to it? (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11127.html">Re: (ASCEND) Max 5.0Ap36</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11119.html">(ASCEND) Pipeline features not described in the User's Guide</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11070.html">Re: (ASCEND) GRF: up to it? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11068.html">(ASCEND) Maturity or Second Childhood (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11120"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd253.html#11120"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>