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April 3rd, 2002, 02:17 PM
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| T1 through a Linksys 4 Port Router
Has anyone ever tried this. I tried it earlier today to get ride of the linux box that is currently the gateway/proxy. But I could not get the Linksys router to connect correctly, tried all ports on both crossover and regular rj45's. And we know the router works had it hooked up to a DSL and worked fine. I was wondering maybe because it was a T1 (although T1 is a Digital Subscription Line-DSL), any feed back or comments greatly appreciented
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April 3rd, 2002, 02:29 PM
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I just hooked a cable 1.5Mbs to my Linksys yesterday, no problem at all, changed to "Obtain an IP Address Automatically" did a hard reset and all works fine... | |
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April 4th, 2002, 08:27 AM
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Hooked up to a fractal T-1 (512) with no problems for about a year or so. Small office. Static IP set. Seems to do fine. Every once in a while I have to reboot it. | |
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April 4th, 2002, 10:02 AM
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i think the router is only designed for cable and DSL in mind. | |
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April 4th, 2002, 10:06 AM
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Yeh i also agree that the router is designed only for cable and DSL | |
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April 4th, 2002, 10:24 AM
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A T1 is not like a DSL line, it is more like a big ISDN line. A T1 has 23 64K B channels and 1 64K D channel. ISDN has 1 16K D channel and 2 64K B channels. To use an T1 line you need to have a CSU/DSU(Channel Service Unit) ( http://www.kentrox.com/products/index.asp#CSU ) . I think you could hook the router to the CSU/DSU and then it would work.. But i'm not sure, I'm just guessing. http://www.kentrox.com/products/satellite_651/index.asp The diagram at the bottom show that you can hook it to a router.
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April 4th, 2002, 01:26 PM
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hav0c,
We don't have a CSU/DSU(Channel Service Unit) now. Is the Linux Box acting as one. The only other device in the connection is a media converter (From Transition Networks) then the T1 fiber obtic plugs into the converts to RJ45. Looks like this:
INTERNET ----->T1------>MEDIA CONVERTER----->LINUX (NOW)
This is working this way.
What we are trying is:
INTERNET ----->T1----->MEDIA CONVERTER----->LINKSYS 4PORT ROUTER (CANNOT GET ANY INTERNET CONNECTION THIS WAY)
*** without the Linux machine ****
The media converter is 100base-TX to 100base-FX. Fiber optic to RJ45. | |
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April 4th, 2002, 03:38 PM
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Your problem could be the following:
WAN port on LinkSys BEFSR41 is 10BaseT
your Media Converter is 100Base-TX
You will need something between the two to bridge between the 10BaseT and the 100Base-TX Could be as simple as a 10/100 Hub. | |
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