Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:29:21 -0600 (CST) From: Neal Rigney <neal@jennifer.pernet.net> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> Cc: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, hm@altona.hamburg.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960128222441.16785A-100000@jennifer.pernet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960128200156.246B-100000@knobel.gun.de>
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On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, dennis wrote: > > This scenario is frightening to me....although I think that you've answered my > > question......Its the final straw I think in making FreeBSD > > marketable...obviously > > the AST solution is unacceptable for a real ISP....I wonder why the cyclades > > board > > needs mgetty.....whats the major diff between getty and mgetty? > > Dennis, a real ISP buys a fine Terminal Server to handle several > Modem lines. Something like a Livingston Portmaster isn't too > expensive for a real ISP. > > Many Modem lines produce many Interrupts. Outsource this job to > another piece of hardware as an Terminal server. Let FreeBSD be > a good server machine for www an such. > I've got to disagree with you there. We switched to FreeBSD after using a machine "designed" to be a terminal server. We've found that the FreeBSD machine is much more stable than the old machines(we used telebit Netblazers. Avoid them like the plague if you want to keep your sanity). We replaced two Netblazers with one FreeBSD machine. The price ends up being a little bit higher per machine(about $100 more), but we get the source to the server, _MUCH_ better technical help, and a machine that in emergencies can do something besides answer modems. :off soap box: As a matter of fact, we chose to use Cyclades 16-port cards. What bugs exist in this driver as of 2.1-RELEASE? We've had _no_ problems with the cyclades themselves. We had some modem problems, but fixed them easily enough. We're using the driver distributed with the kernel. -- Neal Rigney sysadmin, PERnet Communications, (409)729-4638 neal@mail.pernet.net My opinions are mine, damnit! PERnet can't have them!
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