> I work for a small internet provider and we are getting ready to
> upgrade so that we can allow 56k access and we are trying to figure out
> which way to go , can someone give us some unbias opinions . We have
> been using a PM2E with good results but we need to upgrade some hardware
> now and we just want to make sure that we are getting the most bang for
> our buck and not buying a lot of headaches .
Get PM3's. We started with an AS5300 (hated it), and shipped it back. We
spent days working on the 5300 config. My assistant had the PM3 up and
running in minutes. We called BellSouth (while packing crap at our old
office) around 4:30 to start the process of having them activate our PRI.
They told us "why don't you call back tomorrow, we go home at 5, and
getting PRI working usually takes some time." We had time to drive back
to the new office, unpack the PM3, install it in our rack, configure it,
get BellSouth on the phone, and verify the PRI and digital modems worked
before they closed at 5pm.
Pro's for the 5300: 100mb ethernet, 2 ethernet ports (1 10mb interface, 1
10/100mb interface), runs IOS.
Cons for the 5300: sounds like an airplane (the front is a row of really
big loud fans), weighs as much as an airplane, costs as much as an
airplane, runs IOS (auth setup in IOS was really freaky, though it
looked like it had great flexibility if you could master it).
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