Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:56:01 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: alex@yahoo.com, sos@ravenock.cybercity.dk, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Terminal Server Message-ID: <199611141156.DAA10565@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:30:10 %2B1100." <199611141130.WAA10910@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>In reply to Alexander Winske who wrote: >>> >>> Howdy, >>> I'm looking to set up a largish terminal server on >>> a FreeBSD box. (I want to log console output and allow >>> console sessions with approx. 75-100 hosts). >>> >>> Can anyone out there recommend a flavor of multiport >>> serial card that will allow me to have that many ports? >>> I would think that they wouldn't have to be doing more than >>> 2400 baud each, if that makes any difference... > >3 * 32-port Cyclades boards should work OK at such a low speed, >but are very expensive (list prices are US$1328 for a 32Ye (ISA) >and $1537 for a 32YeP (PCI). Discount prices seem to be slightly >more than half the list prices). They sell to ISPs at the discount price (about 1/2). If anyone's interested, talk to Doris Li, 510 770 9727. She's very familiar with FreeBSD... -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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