Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 20:11:28 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: efinley@castlenet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: which ppp to use? Message-ID: <34b9d48c.3198832@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <34b7c3db.1173108@castlenet.com> References: <34bd281e.113348308@castlenet.com> <34b8cbd5.968492@mail.cetlink.net> <34b7c3db.1173108@castlenet.com>
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:58:08 GMT, efinley@castlenet.com (Elliot Finley) wrote: >>>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? I/O "bandwidth." The PC architecture was not designed for the I/O bandwidth needed to handle 200 loaded ports. But if you want to see how high you can go, I would like to hear your report. John
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