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From: "David Mandelstam" 
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 13:05:55 -0500
Subject: Sangoma News: Friday, February 11, 2000


Sangoma News: Friday, February 11, 2000
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This news brief covers technical events that have occurred at Sangoma
recently. Older events will scroll off the end of the news brief as 
new ones are added, but otherwise the announcements will be repeated 
on subsequent issues. This document is also available at
http://www.sangoma.com/news.htm.

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                  NEW RELEASES
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PCI S514/FT1 with integral T1 DSU/CSU shipping
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February 11, 2000

The S514/FT1 PCI card has a built in T1 and Fractional T1 DSU/CSU. The card
is software configurable to run at speeds from 64kbps to 1.54Mbps in steps of 
64kbps. It is similar in all details to the S508/FT1, except that it is PCI 
based and requires no jumper settings. The North American retail price is 
$869.00 US.

WANPIPE Version: 1.1.0 for FreeBSD Versions 3.1+
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February 5, 2000

This is a complete rewrite of Sangoma WANPIPE for FreeBSD-3.x that supports
both S508 and the new S514 PCI cards, including the integrated DSU/CSU /FT1
versions. It supports Cisco HDLC, Frame Relay and PPP.

The major difference from previous driver versions is that you don't need
re-compile kernel each time you change the protocol type. In the new
version you only need to stop all routers, reboot your machine, run the
configuration program to edit the corresponding router configuration file
and start the routers again.

The new version supports two different modes: WANPIPE for routing and a
user API for transparent user data transfer. The API is very standard,
using the Berkeley Packet Filter.

The code includes an installation script (Setup) that copies the files to
the kernel tree directory and creates sample configuration files. A full
screen based configuration utility (wancfg) is included, that automatically
creates all configuration files. This user friendly interface does
parameter checking and has comprehensive context sensitive help. It is the
same utility that runs on WANPIPE under Linux. A similar utility, cfgft1
configures the DSU/CSU interactively.

In this version, you can start and stop individual wanrouters without
bringing down all interfaces. Individual interfaces can thus be changed on
the fly.

Interactive, intelligent configurator for WANPIPE under Linux
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January 28, 2000

At last! Freedom from being allowed to make your own WANPIPE configuration
mistakes! 


Download wncfg.tgz from the /updates directory on our ftp site. It contains
a full screen based configuration utility that automatically creates all
WAANPIPE configuration files. This user friendly interface does parameter
checking and has comprehensive context sensitive help. A similar utility,
cfgft1 configures the DSU/CSU for the S508/FT1 and the new S514/FT1 cards
interactively. It can be found in the same directory in cfgft1.v211.tgz.

Of course, there is nothing to stop you from editing the .conf files and
interface files by hand as well. 

WANPIPE=99 versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1 for Linux
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October 20,1999

The 2.1.x versions of WANPIPE involved a complete rewrite at the same time
that we were providing support for the PCI based S514 cards. 

The release supports PPP, Cisco HDLC and Frame relay, with the following
changes/ improvements: 

o   New startup script enables starting and stopping each WANPIPE device
    separately. So if you have several cards in a machine, each can be
    stopped and reconfigured without affecting the others. 

o   Supports both 2.0.X and 2.2.X kernels. It is included in the 2.1.14
    kernels and above. 

o   Piggybacking concept has been introduced into CHDLC drivers.  This
    concept sets up the primary (4Mbps port) and the Secondary (low speed)
    ports of the S508 and S514 cards so each port looks like a separate
    device.

o   The package contains patches for both 2.0.X and 2.2.X kernels.
    Moreover, the setup program will detect which kernel is being patched
    and will use the correct patch accordingly. Supported kernels are:
    2.0.36, 2.2.9, 2.2.10 and above.

o   Improved statistics, and SMP support. 


PCI based S514 Card availability
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September 3rd 1999

The PCI based S514 card is in production, availability in quantity later
this month. See http://www.sangoma.com/514.htm. The card has significant
performance improvements over the ISA based S508, particularly in the area
of bus throughput.

The card is available in two versions:

a. A dual port version with one main 4Mpbs port and one auxiliary 512kbps
   port.  Both ports fully support RS232 and V.35/X.21/EIA530.

B. A quad port version with two sets of interfaces as described in
   a. above. In the case of the quad port version, dual sets of CPUs and on
   board memory, essentially make the card operate just like two separate
   entities.  For instance, it is possible to run X.25 on one main 4Mbps
   port, and Cisco HDLC on the second main port and second auxiliary port.

North American retail prices including main port cabling are as follows:

S5141          One CPU, Dual port card            $599.00
S5142          Dual CPU Quad port card            $859.00

Initially, drivers will be available for Linux, supporting Frame relay and 
Cisco HDLC. Support for other operating systems and protocols will follow 
shortly.

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                       COMING DOWN THE ROAD
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S508/S514 support under NWSAA and NT SNA Server....March 2000 
W2000 support......................................April 2000
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