Hi all,

Other than a Cisco 2800 series router, is there a list of routers (software dependent of course) that would make good candidates for usage on telebahn?? I have a line on some 1841's (free for pickup) and wanted to be sure these could be used before making the trip (not far, but also not close either with current fuel prices).

Thanks

Fred

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What I've been doing in lieu of getting more async lines is creating
virtual lines with autocommand telnet. Like this:

line vty 6
rotary 66
autocommand telnet <hostname or ip address>
no exec
transport input pad

There is a little bit of lag, and it is sort of cheating, but it works.

I'm currently working on segmenting my network, once I'm done I should
have some x.25 services up semi-permanently

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 2:12 PM john jones via groups.io
<jjones3601@...> wrote:

Hi Fred.



As usual, it depends on what you want to do.



The Cisco 1841 has separate AUX and CONSOLE ports so you can have a single X.25 “host” at your end. It also has 2 WIC slots so you can probably put a analog modem cards or low density async card in there.



I’m not 100% sure about this but I think almost every Cisco router I’ve looked at will support X.25 although the specific image sometimes matters.



I’d guess that you have a greater than 90% chance of it working out of the box (assuming the router is good).



If you want a higher density of serial hosts, you’d probably want something that has a NM (network module) slot so you could plug in an NM-16A or NM-32A.



John



From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Fred
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 1:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [X.25] Router list



Hi all,

Other than a Cisco 2800 series router, is there a list of routers (software dependent of course) that would make good candidates for usage on telebahn? I have a line on some 1841's (free for pickup) and wanted to be sure these could be used before making the trip (not far, but also not close either with current fuel prices).

Thanks

Fred

Thanks all - that helps.

In this particular case it is probably worth the drive, as it's going to be more than one router given to me and it will only cost some Donato's pizza.? Depending on what WICS are included or I can find on fleabay I can probably also extend it to other purposes as well (integrate it in my telephone side of the house, etc)

Fred

On 7/26/22 1:35 PM, Fred wrote:

In this particular case it is probably worth the drive, as it's going to be more than one router given to me and it will only cost some Donato's pizza.? Depending on what WICS are included or I can find on fleabay I can probably also extend it to other purposes as well (integrate it in my telephone side of the house, etc)

Nice!

Can I ask for details and / or pictures when convenient?

You know, computer / router / network pr0n and living vicariously through others. }:-)



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Grant. . . .
unix || die

line vty 6
rotary 66
autocommand telnet <hostname or ip address>
no exec
transport input pad

I've found out that the line-processing on the router can make things difficult, to say the least.? I've been experimenting with the options to avoid the router line buffering which can cause problems with some types of remote hosts, such as BBSes that expect single-character commands.? At VCFSE last month, I had opportunities to use my 2620 as a dial-up modem bank with various client devices and found all sorts of issues when using it to telnet out to Telehack (control keys are buffered until <CR> so pong, 2048, and other games aren't playable), TheOldNet & RetroCampus have single-character menus, and my own BBS had issues with line editing being performed by the router.? raw mostly works, but can have other issues talking to hosts expecting an unbuffered telnet session.? I've since moved to having the router make raw tcp connections to a linux host that can provide both the TELENET style connection prompt, manage known host aliases, and provide host specific connection commands.? I'll try to clean up what I've got and publish something in the days ahead.

I've got my endpoint offline at the moment while I rebuild my rack (I'm hoping next year to just haul my half-rack to our VCF show, and not spend as much time carrying & connecting gear)

-DK