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"Kralizec Craig" <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message 
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm weighing options for hardware to go with a layer-2 512/512 symetric 
> DSL
> service that I will be getting soon to finally upgrade from a 128 kbps 
> ISDN.
>
> I've been pointed to an Australian DSL modem that is preferred by the
> company offering the service, but I'm keen to look at options including
> using a spare ADSL WIC card I acquired some time back with a Cisco 17xx
> series router instead of using a seperate DSL modem.
>
> So this leads to my question of whether the ADSL WIC can support symetric
> 512/512 layer-2 DSL? 8-)

DSL is a group of technologies, and SHDSL has different standards from ADSL.
Not 100% sure if it is impossible, but I would put money on it not being 
supported

>
> If not then I'll go with the seperate modem/router option. At present the
> router is a 1603 so of course it can't work with the ADSL WIC.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
>
> Craig.
>
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