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by brant.yeskie 1 view

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I have been given a project of researching and recommending a modem pool solution for my company. I have looked at three possibilities. A Cisco 3600 series with a 24 port module, a Digi Datafire RAS, and a 3com Superstack II with 6 Modem cards for 24 port capability. Right now I'm leaning toward the Cisco product, but was hoping for some feedback on the products. If anyone has any info on any or all of these products I would greatly appreciate it. Also if you know of a superior product to thesethree that would be helpful to.

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by jeleonard

I have just tried using a Cisco 2621 with an 8-Port Analog Modem card as my modem pool. Two problems: the modems are only 33K (V.34) and there is no way to configure Windows RAS (W2K) to recognize the modems. You have to implement RADIUS just to get authenticated. I would definitely recommend against this solution. I am removing this solution and trying to find an actual modem bank that I can plug directly into my RAS box.

by ray.benson

I am looking at the DataFire 48 PT2 as a RAS solution.I wanted to know if you tested the product and found any other resources to help on qualifying the product and if you had good results in your testing. I know you had submitted this months ago but I have not found much info. on the product line.

by shanghai sam

Ray, My problem was that no one would let me demo a modem pool without purchasing. I finally went with the 3com solution due to it's price point. In theory it should work with no problems, but now my tcom team can't get the DS1 card on the PBX configured to resemble a straight T1 connection. So I am sorry to say that I am not much help.

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