The unofficial rule of thumb that we've been using is 10dB, though if the CRCs aren't climbing, I've had them do OK all the way down to 6dB. I believe the 23,000ft link is at 9dB /d Quoting Peter Rocca (rocca at multiboard.com): > Thanks Denny, that's good news. One last question if you don't mind me > asking, what is the dB level that the units report on that 23,000ft link? -- > just so I can test the dB and see if I'm within the same ballpark before > ordering a couple more units. Thanks again, much appreciated. > > > I don't (yet) have any charts or such, but yes, we have SDSLs going out > > to 23,000 at 384K. And they do indeed go up to 2.3MB on a single > > pair, but not very far :) 1552K is the highest we put into use. > -- Denny Reiter | denny at reiters.org Madison River Communications | reiterd at madisonriver.net ...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>