Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:57:43 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Jon Larssen" <jonlarssen@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: USB modems + USB hub Message-ID: <00d801c1c014$757ba180$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <F58TV2WFIudlYiJDLXq0000d7fe@hotmail.com>
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> I have to provide eight PSTN lines for PPP dial-in to my server, and I have > already requested a multiport serial board (from Stallion). In the meantime, > I have here several USB modems and a USB hub. > > Has anyone ever plugged more than, say, 4 USB modems to a USB hub and that > to a FreeBSD box and made it work? Power to the modems is supplied by the > USB hub, but, the USB bus bandwidth (I think in the vicinity of 2 MBps) can > handle 4 modems? Well, 4 * 56 Kbps = 224 Kbps, which is only about 1/8 of the USB bus bandwidth, so I'd say yes :) -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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