From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 10 23:27:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA28192 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:27:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ptero.ag.com.br (agsist.centroin.com.br [200.225.60.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA28185 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:27:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ricardag@ag.com.br) Received: from server01 (server01.home.ag.com.br [10.0.129.1]) by ptero.ag.com.br (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA12847; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 05:26:38 -0200 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980111052725.009793d0@ptero.ag.com.br> X-Sender: ricardag@ptero.ag.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 05:27:27 -0200 To: efinley@castlenet.com From: Ricardo AG Almeida Subject: Re: Q: which ppp to use? Cc: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>If I plan on having up to 200 simultaneous ppp dialins on a single >>>box, which ppp would be better? pppd or user ppp? >> >>Neither one, because that airplane will not fly. >> >>32 ports per box, or perhaps 64 with the right stuff, hardware wise. >>You will need more than one box. > >What is the limiting factor? Memory? Cpu power? what? > >My box is a Pentium II 233, with 64MB ram.... How much processing >power and memory does a portmaster have? If I need more memory I'll >just put more memory in it... So what IS the limiting factor? Supposing that you set up several 16-port serial boards, you will need 13 free slots to get your box running... []'s, Ricardo AG Almeida AG SISTEMAS (http://www.ag.com.br)