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Channelized DS3 with Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the routing-with-penguins dept.

minion asks: "We've been struggling to find a channelized DS3 card for Linux that is a standard PCI format (not CompactPCI, mPCI, etc). I find it hard to believe others out there don't want the same, as a lot of ISPs could save a lot of money this way, since Cisco routers that handle channelized DS3 *start* at $30,000! I've found this card, but that is all that I've found. It would be great to dump our current Cisco, and use it as a spare if our Linux router fails. Does anyone else have some experience with this?"

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  1. Maybe? by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Informative

    PCI Adapter

    PCI Adapter

    Linux Router Page

  2. There's a REASON Cisco line cards are expensive by pyite · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not as if Cisco has no competition and can charge whatever they want. The reason Cisco chassis and line cards are so expensive is because they are GOOD and FAST. For example, the Catalyst 6500 has a 32Gbps backplane and with a SFM, a 256Gbps Switch Fabric. Fast WAN connections are generally only used on networks with large LANs and such organizations can justify something like a 6513, which loaded with a few cards, clocks in around $125,000.

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