[cisco-nas] Cisco AS5350 configuration as a modem pool

[Matthew Crocker]

Gert,

 Thanks, I was afraid of that.  The AS5350 was free so luckily I didn't waste anything but time on it.   I have an older AS5something I'm going to configure today.  Gotta get my dialup customers back online!

-Matt 
 
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Matthew Crocker
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On 4/13/18, 3:14 AM, "Gert Doering" <gert at greenie.muc.de> wrote:

    Hi,
    
    I might be mistaken, since the various options Cisco has are highly
    confusing me, but this:
    
    On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:33:38PM +0000, Matthew Crocker wrote:
    > FRU NUMBER : AS5X-FC=
    > 
    >         PVDM Slot 0:
    >         64-channel (G.711) Voice/Fax PVDMII DSP SIMM PVDM daughter card
    
    ... looks like "you got something that was intended as a SIP<->PSTN
    gateway" not "that was intended as a PSTN->Modem->PPP router".
    
    I do not have a 5350 around, but our 5300 doing ISDN/Modem dialin says 
    something like:
    
    Slot 1:
    Hardware is High Density Modems
    Manufacture Cookie Info:
    ...
     FRU NUMBER : AS53-60-CC2=
    
    Cisco search turns up complicated results, as there seem to be "NextPort"
    digital modem based cards that can do "dialup" or "dialup, voice, fax"
    (which should both do what you want), and then there are "Voice Feature 
    Cards", which come with PVDM2 sub-modules...  doing only voice and fax.
    
    https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/as5350xm/hardware/interfaces/guide/53card/54crdnp.html
    
    https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/as5350xm/hardware/interfaces/guide/53card/54crdvf.html
    
    (and interestingly enough, they cannot be mixed - "if there is a voice
    feature card in the system, the universal dial card won't work")
    
    gert
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    Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de