Setting up DS-3 and 2 4xT1

Tue Dec 7 22:59:16 UTC 2004

Scott Francis wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:50:47AM -0500, somitho at gmail.com said:
> 
>>My apologies if some may find this a little off-topic.
>>
>>However, here is my issue. I need a router, which can take 2 4xT1's
>>and a DS-3, while handing a Gbit for internal use. Now to complicate
>>the entire situation, this needs to go into a 3 bedroom apartment, so
>>I need to keep the power bills down if I can :)
>>
>>What would everyone recommend? Off-List replies are fine, I will
>>summarize at the end.
> 
> 
> x86 PC with a gig-E, DS-3 and however many DS-1 PCI cards you need. Sangoma[0]
> and SBE Inc.[1] both sell these (*BSD/Linux compatibility was a big selling
> point for me).  You can even get a Soekris box with one of the Sangoma T1
> cards pre-installed for you.
> 
> [0] http://www.sangoma.com/
> [1] http://www.sbei.com/

Imagestream (www.imagestream.com)routers may work for you as well. They 
are essentially x86 based and probably support a high number of T-1 
cards. Electricity consumption is probably better with a lower 
power/lower heat PC motherboard than an off-the-shelf solution -- that'd 
be my guess.

Deepak