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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: Marc Rassbach <marc@milestonerdl.com>
To: Robert Szelepcsenyi <Robert.Szelepcsenyi@alcatel.de>
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Subject: Re: Equinox multiport serial card & FreeBSD
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The last time I talked with Equinox, they had no desire to work with
anyone on a BSD port.

Chuck Pherterson
X238
954-746-9000

Perhaps a group of people calling them will get some action.

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Robert Szelepcsenyi wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I have just got an Equinox multiport serial card (8 ports) from an ISP
> who used to run it under Linux. I would like to use the card under
> FreeBSD. I checked the Equinox home page, but I did not find any
> drivers for FreeBSD, only for Linux and BSDI. I also checked various
> discussion forums, where I found several similar questions, but no
> answers. Is there any way of using this type of card under FreeBSD?
> Which driver supports it?
> 
> If I do not get a solution to this problem, I will be forced to use
> Linux instead of FreeBSD, which is something I would not like to do.
> The ISP complained about Linux being unstable under heavier loads.
> 
> Any help will be very appreciated.
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
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