Subject: Re: frame relay
To: NetBSD User's Discussion List <netbsd-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/03/2002 14:17:15
[ On Monday, June 3, 2002 at 08:36:03 (+0200), Wojciech Puchar wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: frame relay
>
> > serial cards are uncommon enough that standard drivers haven't been
> > supplied with NetBSD, but are generally provided by the manufacturer.
> 
> > Frame isn't a particularly complex protocol, but I haven't seen much
> > demand for it, since a cheap Cisco router is probably similarly priced
> > to the sync serial card you would need...
> 
> in fact only used cisco is cheaper.

I assumed that's what David meant by "cheap Cisco route"...  :-)

> anyway having sync card in NetBSD is
> much easier as you configure only one device.

Oh, come on now!  It's not "much easier" than writing the code for
NetBSD though!

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