On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Mark Eissler wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, MegaZone wrote: > > > Once upon a time Mark Eissler shaped the electrons to say... > > >What's going on? I'm connecting to a Livingston PM3 at the far end. Is the > > >feature also reliant on DBA with an Ascend at the far end? If so (which I > > >suspect), then that's really getting retarded. Yeah. > > Correct. Ascend units require MP+ or BACP on the other end. > > So the Ascends do implement DBA properly then? And, I assume, the other > units are using some kind of hack in order to implement it (i.e. not > using BACP)? Or is BACP the proprietary part of Ascend's implementation? No, BACP is a standard defined in an RFC. Ascend's own way to do it is MP+ which is published in an informational rfc but is not a standard. > > The Zyxel isn't the only one that doesn't need these - the Office Router > > doesn't either. Nor does the Bitsurfer. > > > > Yeah, and probably the 3com TA, Farallon Netopia (erk!), Cisco 7xx? > etc..... So which ones besides Pipelines *do* require a protocol such as BACP? Any!? - Steve - Systems Manager - Community Internet Access, Inc. - Gallup and Grants, New Mexico ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11200.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 75, 2 channels, and ACO (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Mark Eissler <marke@bigendian.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11205.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11202.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 75, 2 channels, and ACO</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11200.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 75, 2 channels, and ACO (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11196.html">Re: (ASCEND) Anyone have OSPF working CISCO<->MAX 4004 ?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11204"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd258.html#11204"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>