From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 29 08:34:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA12030 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 08:34:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA12002 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 08:33:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-110.cdmo.com (dialup-110.cdmo.com [204.141.95.167]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA11966; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:33:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:33:12 -0500 Message-Id: <199601291633.LAA11966@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Andreas Klemm From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >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. a good multiport card offloads the interrupts and produces block streams of data. Thats why I asked the question. A "real" isp might use a portmaster....but many non-isps would like to provide a small number of modem lines for corporate dial-in. Its a big selling point for the O/S. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX