From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 20 08:19:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA17849 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:19:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA17835; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:19:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrs@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (jrs@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id KAA29195; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:19:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (jrs@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) with SMTP id KAA28692; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:19:28 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:19:28 -0600 (CST) From: "J.R.S. II" To: Chris Shenton cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: remote access solutions-little more info In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I like Livingston PortMasters. If all you want is POTS analog lines, > the PM2e-30 does 30 lines. You should also be able to find them used > and maybe discounted now that the PM4 has been released (what a > monster!). If you plan on ISDN or 56K, look into > the PM3. I support two ISPs with PM2s: they seem very stable, > reliable, and cost effective. One of the ISPs is a complete FreeBSD > shop :-) > > I don't like Ascends. I've found the firmware and their RADIUS to be > buggy, with patches released at least weekly. They're expensive. Word > on the net is they can't really handle all their lines at full > speed. I've worked with them here at HQ. > > You should probably get hip to RADIUS for authentication. Livingston > is the defacto, Ascend has their version, there are commercial > versions now too, including ones wich will run on (shudder) NT. > Excuse the ignorance but this is the first time I'm going to attempt to do this. If i do go with a pm2 or pm3 is there any other equipment i will need that i should budget for?? JOHN ********************************* * Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II * * jrs@elocin.com * ********************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message