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From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM>
To: Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Adam David wrote:

> It would add another hop at a few milliseconds extra delay, one of the costs
> of using unsupported fast hardware. ;)

	I guess it's just like going through another hop or something in a
route.

> Yes, if the linux stuff isn't streamlined enough, it might be a bit of a
> bottleneck at a lower loading level than expected.

	I wouldn't be surprised at all since FreeBSD's networking really
sparkles. :)

> > 	That's true but UUNet has this radius service which is what MSN is
> > using.  When you dialup, it actually uses UUNet's resources except it
> > verifies the login and password so all traffic wouldn't even go through
> > your own network at all.
> 
> It goes through your outer loop, right? What about proxies and local stuff?
> Oh, you are talking about setting up a remote POP to the world serviced by
> your headquarters? You run the radius server and other remote partners run
> the clients and provide PPP access? The boundaries are somewhat different
> then I'd say.

	It's actually the later but what I can't figure out is why do we
need a dedicated T1 to that provider in addition to our own providers to
do radius authentication?


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