Thank you for the fast reply. The IRX supports an RS232 mode on its wan
ports (dip-switchable between v.35 and rs232). I would suspect that this
is synchronous only because it needs to take an external clock signal on
wan ports (according to what I was just reading on the web site). Your
mention of the only asynch port being on the console port (s0), seems to
drive the point home: synchronous only.
Also, the more I think about it, won't I lose 2 bits on async (start +
stop) as opposed to sync?
Where does the clock signal propogated from? They mention a "carrier" in
the docs, does this referr a clock signal that begins at the telco, or is
it only transmitted from DSU to DTE?
> Serial ports on PC's are almost always Asinc. You may have to
> purchase a Synch serial board for the PC, depending on how much
> that costs it might be cheaper to us an OR-LS ($599.00).
I thought so :-) I take it the OR-LS is a smaller version of the IRX 114?
> It must be the same on both ends. Something that may work is
> a syncrhonous to asynchronous converter on the novell side, but
> I have never tried this.
It sounds kludgy no matter how you do it. Black box makes some products.
They're so expensive that they practically warrant a small router.
> > 4. Does anyone have any experience running a leased line directly into a
> > PC running novell (Intranetware 4.11) that could make recommendations on
> > the products to use (ie, serial port driver, PPP driver) and perhaps alert
> > me to any gotchas I might face?
>
> I would recommend a low end router instead of a server.
> PC server are not meant to be routers. You will be putting extra
> overhead on the NOS/CPU/DISK, etc.
So would I. I don't trust PC's, but I think the customer is leaning on the
end of cost. Couple that with my lack of knowledge on novell, makes for
wild ride of a research project. What I'd like to see is one of those
internal ISA DSU cards with a red "Yes, it runs on Novell" sticker on it
:-)
Thank you for your input! :-)
-Jason
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