From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 10 20:57:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA23879 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.MCESTATE.COM (mail.MCESTATE.COM [207.211.200.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA23874 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:56:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by mail.MCESTATE.COM (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA13200; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:56:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:56:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy To: Mike Tancsa cc: 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... Hmmm, the only problem I see with this is that the startup costs would be a lot higher if he went with a Livingston Portsmaster or even a Xylogics Annex-3 terminal server. But the unix box will only be a terminal server and also a router using a ET Serial card and probably will have a telnet program just so people can use their shell account on another box without using ppp. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]