From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 10 19:21:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA20529 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.pernet.net (mail.pernet.net [205.229.0.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA20522 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:21:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from office.pernet.net (office.pernet.net [205.229.0.2]) by mail.pernet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id VAA09201; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:28:35 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:18:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Neal Reply-To: neal@pernet.net To: Mike Tancsa cc: Vincent Poy , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some advice needed. In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970410210238.00b5d100@sentex.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote: > If you are looking to have more than 24 lines or so, go with a dedicated > terminal server. Have a look at something like the Livingston PortMaster > 3. (www.livingston.com).. Dont bother going with an analog system-- get a > PRI right from the start. Users will want dialup 56K eventually, and if > you want to do that, you will need a totally digital solution on your end > in order to support it.. Also, this way, you can support a mix of dialup > analog and dialup ISDN right away.... Even if this is not the case, its > MUCH easier to administer a dedicated terminal server than a UNIX box with > serial cards. Use the UNIX box for things like shell access, DNS, mail > httpd etc... > > ---Mike Of course, the startup cost of a dedicated box can sometimes be too much when starting out. I've seen a more graduated system, where you can start with BSD boxes as term servs and move up to dedicated boxes when you have the funds. I just recently moved 3 terminal servers back to irc/mail/??? two weeks ago. It's worked out relatively well(just gotta sell off the cyclades now). -- Neal Rigney, PERnet Communications, (409)729-4638 neal@mail.pernet.net