Re: (PM) Re: STAC (was Re: PM3 multi-homing)

Matthew S. Crocker (matthew@crocker.com)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:08:27 -0500 (EST)

> > Probably has been addressed but does standard T-1 accept STAC, and how does
> > that work? Does the remote end need STAC? Theoretically you wouldn't need
> > CSU's right?
>
> The CSU has nothing to do with STAC. STAC is a compression protocol. It
> will run on any network interface as long as the other end supports it,
> although I do not know if we *officially* support it on the T1 interface I
> do know that it seems to work just fine when used on it.

I thought I saw a post from MZ which said STAC was pretty useless above
256kbps but I can't really remember the specifics.

-Matt

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