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From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Telebit Bridge
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Date: 23 Oct 90 17:14:20 GMT
References: <275@srchtec.UUCP>
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In article <275@srchtec.UUCP>, mra@srchtec.uucp (Michael Almond) writes:
> 	What bothers me most about the Ultrix alternative is detecting when the
> line is lost.  I could put something in crontab to ping the host every so
> often, but this sounds sort of crude.

If you can spend the money (I think it's about 2,995 without modems) get
the Telebit Netblazer.  It is a very nice bit of equipment.  So go for it.
It works. We use one here, mostly for incoming calls from home, and it works
well.

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