[c-nsp] Cisco 878 and ISDN BRI

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

so what's the story with the 878 SHDSL router and its ISDN S/T interface?

The data sheet 

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/products_data_sheet0900aecd8028a976.html

(sorry for the long URL)

claims that the ISDN port in the 878 is only for "out-of-band management" 
(however that's meant to be done) - and indeed, it refuses any attempt 
to dial *out* from it, so it cannot be used for ISDN dial backup.

As there is no 8xx router with SHDSL + ISDN, but there *is* a model
(876) with working ADSL + ISDN, I really wonder what's behind this - and
if one of you has managed to do something useful with the ISDN port in 
the 878...

gert

-- 
USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW!
                                                           //www.muc.de/~gert/
Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de
fax: +49-89-35655025                        gert at net.informatik.tu-muenchen.de