Re: (PM) Re: STAC (was Re: PM3 multi-homing)
Robert Boyle (robert@garden.net)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:15:18 -0500
At 09:08 AM 1/15/98 -0500, Matthew Crocker wrote:
>> > 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.
I believe that MZ was referring to the OR-LS and OR-HS. I think that the
PM3 can support Stac on a full T1 without any problem since STAC support is
in hardware, not software (as it is in the OR series.)
-Robert
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