I use a lot of them and I'm quite happy...
-It makes cabling a lot easier (those honking V.35 connectors always get in
the way)
-It takes much less space (you have to put the CSU's somewhere)
-You get rid of extra wallwart power adapters (the bain of my POP cabling
existance)
-It makes troubleshooting easier (one less piece of equipment to go wrong)
-You can get the CSU info direct from the IOS CLI (saves needing management
access to CSU)
-One stop shopping for TAC (no third party vendors to blame)
-Everything is programable via IOS CLI (no need to try to program external
CSU remotely)
They are costly though I've never done a direct comparison...
I usually try to have a spare port available incase a single port fails
(which I have had happen on several NM-2CT1 cards. Then it's a simple config
change and a matter of having someone swap a T1 cable. This should cover you
till you can get a replacement. Smartnet can give 4 hour on-site repair
though I usually find that you can never get access to remote sites in the
same timeframe...
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: Multichannel Port Adapters [7:15159]
>
>
> For those of you who have Multichannel T1 port adapters, I'm wondering
> how those are working out for you and if you like that setup more than
> having an external CSU/DSU.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, I would like to eliminate our CSU/DSUs and
> migrate to internal CSU/DSUs on the port adapter. This would allow me
> to remotely see exactly what's happening on the line and it would also
> allow me to do my own bit error rate testing.
>
> Then again, if a single interface goes bad I have to replace
> the entire
> port adapter and we would only have one on hand. It wouldn't be
> feasible to have a spare lying around. Of course it would be under
> maintenance, but it still takes time to replace them. As for
> CSU/DSUs,
> we always have a few spare lying around.
>
> What has your experience been with these bad boys? Favorable?
> Unfavorable? Ambivalent?
>
> I'm considering recommending one of these for a project but I don't
> know if the pros outweigh the cons.
>
> Thanks,
> John
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