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From: drt@cysog.UUCP (David R. Trinidad)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Miniumum hardware required to support SLIP connection?
Message-ID: <518@cysog.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 91 17:59:28 GMT
References: <229@eclectic.COM> <9106140213.AA07478@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: CyCare Systems Inc.,  Phoenix,AZ
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jcurran@SH.CS.NET (John Curran) writes:

>From: "David C. Kovar" 

[Text removed]

>You've just describe the exact specifications of an existing product 
>available from Telebit known as a "NetBlazer".  It consists of a 
>Trailblazer modem and a mid-power router in a single box with an ethernet
>interface. Once configured it will handle dialing in and establishing 
>a SLIP or PPP connection. My interest in it stems from its ability to
>automatically bring up line when a IP datagam is received, and subsequently
>take down the line when idle. (just like the "dialupip" SLIP s/w available)

How hard is the configuration on the Netblazer and how reliable
is it ???


>I'm not aware of any other routers which will initiate phone connections
>automatically, but that doesn't mean that they're not working on it..

>/John

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