[Gllug] Wireless access point/ADSL Modem/Router

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 22:38, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Tue 27 Apr, will wrote:

>    But there is no dialling involved, in the same way as there is no
> dialling involved in an ethernet connection.
Will knows that, as his reply clearly said.

>  Your modem should just continue
> to attempt to connect and exchange data packets with the dedicated equipment
> in the local exchange,
DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

>  and ensure that the local link is always up, running,
> and available. If the link is broken at any time, for example by BT during
> maintenance, it should continue to attempt to re-connect.
>    If this does not happen there could be excessive line signal attenuation
> or some other real fault.
>    Routeing on from the exchange equipment permanently connected to your
> line is done by BT. Once the data packets from you arrive at the local
> exchange they are passed into the main BT data transport system, 
Via their ATM network, over a PVC

> and then
> hopefully 
Hopefully??? Wonder what their QoS guarantees are like.



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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