[cisco-nas] DSL info

[John McKinney]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Aaron Leonard wrote:
Aaron,
	Hi. Thank you for the prompt response. I have contacted the telco 
again and they have assured me that this will be a T1 frame relay. The 
7200 seems to be a bit overkill. This will be a small scale verture. We 
will be "testing the waters" so to speak. Is the 7200 still going to be 
the best recommendation?

> Hi John,
> 
> The typical DSL aggregation scenario involves using ATM rather
> than Frame Relay from the DSLAM to the aggregation router.
> 
> It would typically be up to you rather than the telco, I think, to decide 
> which encapsulation method is to be used between the CPE and
> your aggregation router - PPPoA, PPPoE or RBE (RFC-1483 bridging.)
> 
> Sample Configurations for Cisco 7200 Broadband Aggregation
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/794/7200_bdaggreg.html
> 
> This gives you an overview.  As far as what aggregation router
> to use ... I suppose if your 5350s have spare CPU and memory,
> they could be used ... assuming that their software supports
> the DSL aggregation feature you want (I don't know offhand.)

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Thank You,
John McKinney
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