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Needed: Cisco T1 CSU/DSU Interface Card

Contributed by dwc on from the fancy-modem dept.

Theo de Raadt writes on misc@:

To upgrade to a newer network setup, we kind of need a particular
piece of equipment:

Cisco T1 DSU/CSU WAN Interface Card (WIC-1DSU-T1-V2)

Cisco Product Sheet [linkified -dwc]

It has to be the V2 model.

If someone can get one to me, that would be great.

Thanks a lot.

We all want a better network! Let's make sure the OpenBSD project has what it needs, and we'll see the benefits.

[UPDATE: Theo confirms that there's a card on the way. -dwc]

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Comments

  1. By Anonymous Coward (69.221.225.109) on

    Why doesn't OpenBSD use its own product instead of a Cisco router?

    Comments

    1. By Brynet (Brynet) on

      > Why doesn't OpenBSD use its own product instead of a Cisco router?

      OpenBSD is software, not hardware...

      The device might be required for several reasons, the fact is you don't know.. Think before you type.

    2. By Noryungi (noryungi) on

      > Why doesn't OpenBSD use its own product instead of a Cisco router?

      Because this is not a Cisco router: it's a T1 interface card. Cisco != router.

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      1. By Brad (216.138.195.228) on

        > > Why doesn't OpenBSD use its own product instead of a Cisco router?
        >
        > Because this is not a Cisco router: it's a T1 interface card. Cisco != router.

        The T1 interface board has to go into a router. Last I checked I cannot plug a Cisco T1 interface board into a Juniper or Nortel router. So yes, Cisco == router.

        Comments

        1. By Michiel van Baak (mvanbaak) on http://michiel.vanbaak.info

          > > > Why doesn't OpenBSD use its own product instead of a Cisco router?
          > >
          > > Because this is not a Cisco router: it's a T1 interface card. Cisco != router.
          >
          > The T1 interface board has to go into a router. Last I checked I cannot plug a Cisco T1 interface board into a Juniper or Nortel router. So yes, Cisco == router.

          T1 can be used for voice as well :)
          So yes, Cisco != router. people use them as voice gateways as well.

        2. By Anonymous Coward (66.92.146.186) on

          >
          > The T1 interface board has to go into a router. Last I checked I cannot plug a Cisco T1 interface board into a Juniper or Nortel router. So yes, Cisco == router.

          sometimes the telco dictates the terminating equipment in order to guarantee the SLA ..

          perhaps :

          CO -> ... -> cisco -> openbsd box

          is the actual architecture .. or any other of abazillion combinations.

          so perhaps GP should think before posting..



  2. By DM (142.164.183.46) on

    This has already been ordered for the project. If anyone else is scouring eBay for the part, then you can probably stop as I don't think Theo needs multiples. Although you can always check with him just to be sure.

    I just don't want to see 35 of these sent to Theo if he doesn't need them.

  3. By Kurt Seifried (66.181.214.74) kurt@seifried.org on

    Probably needs it because of some wonky problem that is difficult to reproduce, chances are whoever is experiencing said wonky problem isn't open to recompiling and rebooting their router box a lot.

  4. By Anonymous Coward (199.18.139.71) on

    I can only find V1's around the cube - my guess is that the V2's allow some IOS features that the V1's don't. Anybody know?

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (199.18.139.71) on

        > I can only find V1's around the cube - my guess is that the V2's allow some IOS features that the V1's don't. Anybody know?
        >
        > If you bother to google the part number, you find - wonder of wonders! - the differences on Cisco's site:
        >
        > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps221/products_data_sheet09186a00801a9184.html

        Hehe, smartass :) It was easier to ask and let YOU look it up :)

  5. By Laptop user (72.11.69.215) on

    Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.

    How to get this in? Hardware? Or until some corporation needs it?

    Comments

    1. By Anonymous Coward (74.14.137.225) on

      > Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.
      >
      > How to get this in? Hardware? Or until some corporation needs it?

      Give Reyk a 20 $, if every person that bitched it wasn't in OpenBSD gave Reyk that 20 $, the man wouldn't need to work for a year and could easily get your damned WPA finished. He's already working on it in his spare, you damned whiners.

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (71.112.243.48) on

        > > Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.
        > >
        > > How to get this in? Hardware? Or until some corporation needs it?
        >
        > Give Reyk a 20 $, if every person that bitched it wasn't in OpenBSD gave Reyk that 20 $, the man wouldn't need to work for a year and could easily get your damned WPA finished. He's already working on it in his spare, you damned whiners.

        Heh, I'm willing to donate hardware and $$ to get this done. BTW, if you don't whine, developers wouldn't what users want.

        This is a respected list, so take your language elsewhere.

        OpenBSD is a networs OS more than a desktop OS so I understand Cisco support is a priority

        Comments

        1. By Anonymous Coward (74.14.137.225) on

          > This is a respected list, so take your language elsewhere.

          Oh Bitch, bitch, bitch... Noone gives to shits about language. Bitching and moaning, whining and pleading are all the same - a waste. No need to waste your time doing it, cause whining may scale well, but it doesn't actually get anything done.

        2. By Anonymous Coward (81.217.26.122) on

          > Heh, I'm willing to donate hardware and $$ to get this done. BTW, if you don't whine, developers wouldn't what users want.

          Please have a look here for donation information: http://www.openbsd-wiki.org/index.php?title=Fundraising:WPA

          There is also a parent page, for other ideas: http://www.openbsd-wiki.org/index.php?title=Fundraising

        3. By Timo Myyrä (195.212.29.83) on

          > Heh, I'm willing to donate hardware and $$ to get this done. BTW, if you don't whine, developers wouldn't what users want.

          Ok, so donate money as instructed on the fundraising page but don't whine. As pointed out, whining gets you nowhere. Asking politely why there's no WPA-support in OpenBSD and how to get it included will get you further and both issues have been addressed in the past, search the archives and the old undeadly post about it.

    2. By Lars Hansson (bysen) on

      > Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.

      I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the project doesn't really care about your (or my) needs.

      > How to get this in? Hardware? Or until some corporation needs it?


      Pay someone, probably reyk@, to do it.

    3. By sthen (85.158.44.149) on

      > Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.
      >
      > How to get this in? Hardware?

      yes, d-link dwl-g820 should do the trick.

    4. By Anonymous Coward (65.91.30.130) on

      > Cisco support? I need WPA support to connect to Wireless network on my laptop.
      >
      > How to get this in? Hardware? Or until some corporation needs it?

      Why are you hi-jacking this thread for something that has already been answered over and over. Are you really this clueless?

  6. By Jakob (195.47.254.131) jakob@openbsd.org on

    theo and I installed the card last night and it's now in production. thanks!

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