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Date:      Sun, 11 Jan 1998 05:27:27 -0200
From:      Ricardo AG Almeida <ricardag@ag.com.br>
To:        efinley@castlenet.com
Cc:        jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: which ppp to use?
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19980111052725.009793d0@ptero.ag.com.br>

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>>>If I plan on having up to 200 simultaneous ppp dialins on a single
>>>box, which ppp would be better? pppd or user ppp?
>>
>>Neither one, because that airplane will not fly.
>>
>>32 ports per box, or perhaps 64 with the right stuff, hardware wise.
>>You will need more than one box.
>
>What is the limiting factor?  Memory? Cpu power? what?
>
>My box is a Pentium II 233, with 64MB ram....  How much processing
>power and memory does a portmaster have?  If I need more memory I'll
>just put more memory in it...  So what IS the limiting factor?

Supposing that you set up several 16-port serial boards, you will need 13
free slots to get your box running...

[]'s,

   Ricardo AG Almeida
   AG SISTEMAS (http://www.ag.com.br) 



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