[Gllug] Wireless access point/ADSL Modem/Router

Tue Apr 27 22:58:13 UTC 2004

On Tue 27 Apr, John Hearns wrote:
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> Actually, ATM NSAP addressing has a lot to do with telephone signalling,
> so to dismiss 'dialling' out of hand is misleading.
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   Telephone dialling only links to the nearest ATM kit where it is
translated to provide the relevant data for addressing packets. Dial,
engaged, and ringing tones are selected using data commands, but generated
locally. The obvious difference is that ATM is designed to carry low data
rate signals with minimum real time delay, so uses smaller packets than
ethernet. Both rely on packet addressing, both are expected to travel over
any available route and still arrive at their destination, and be fault
tolerant.

-- 
Chris Bell

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