Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:29:30 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Mike Nowlin" <mike@argos.org> Cc: <hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: USB modem suggestions Message-ID: <013501c0ac2e$993f9d10$0f00000a@eagle> In-Reply-To: <20010313034424.A9582@argos.org>
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Hi Mike, Personally, I think that your first option is going to be the best overall. However, you may not need to do that at all, as long as you have a good sized Ethernet hub. A company that I've used their products in the past, Equinox, has come out with a product that will allow you to control a serial device over an ethernet link. This way, I believe, you'd be able to get much better scalability, given that commodity ethernet hubs/switches are going for pretty cheap these days. If you're interested, I could dig up some more information and a URL. --- Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Nowlin > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 3:44 AM > To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: USB modem suggestions > > > I'm planning on installing several 8-16 modem dialup > servers in the area via > FBSD. I basically have two options: > > 1) Standard modems through a RocketPort (or similar) card, or... > 2) USB modems. > > I know that option #1 will work nicely, but I'm considering > option #2 as a > standby - anyone have suggestions as to what USB modems to > use? Throughput > isn't a major issue - the web pages that the clients will > be accessing are > fairly low on the bandwidth side, and they'll never be > doing RealAudio... > > --mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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