Duane Hall wrote:
>A Cisco router will do everything you need, and the price isnt as bad as you
>might expect. The MC3810 with an E&M module can be purchased pretty cheap.
>Easily under $400 on eBay. You will of course need one for each end. The
>MC3810 will do point to point, and the newer boxes will do point to
>multipoint. Any of the current small routers that support E&M interfaces can
>do pure transport, and the newer models can do a ton more.
>
>Everything is built into one box. No server required, just a rugged router,
>and the networking capabilities are second to none. It will do all the NAT,
>tunneling, IPSec, and routing protocols. An IT dept wouldnt be nearly as
>scared to let you hang that box on their network, as they would a server.
>Also, all the E&M parameters are tweakable via telnet. COR polarity, PTT
>polarity, TX audio, RX level, duplex full/half, LED indicators of PTT and
>COR, AGC on audio input, multiple timer settings, and many more.
>
>Go to www.cisco.com and search for LMR
>
>
>Duane
>AB8QU
>
>
Ahh Duane, that's cool! $400's "getting there" price-wise! I thought I
was still looking at around $800 a unit for Cisco devices.
I'll have to have a look at 'em. Thanks for the head's up. Still too
expensive to do every repeater in a 10 repeater network, but MUCH closer
to where I'm trying to go!
Nate WY0X
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