From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 31 06:52:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA25587 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:52:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA25582 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:52:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id JAA10944; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:56:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970131094233.0099abe0@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:42:34 -0500 To: Andrew , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Terminal Servers? (which one) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 01:23 AM 2/01/97 +1100, Andrew wrote: >Hi All, > >Well after all the comments about Annexes what do people recommend as a >terminal server for an ISP?. Looking for something expandable - starting >at 30 or so ports. Presumably support SLIP/CSLIP/PPP with authentication >on FreeBSD. Presumably they all will have ethernet of some form. How about >handling ISDN as well as analogue modems? AAny other helpful comments? > >Someone told me Pormasters had a habit of spontaneous reboots. Anyone else >heard this? Maybe they are running an old version of ComOS... We have several of them and like them VERY much... Check out the PM3s from Livingston.. They handle ISDN and analog quite well.... The other issue around reboots is memory. If you are using a PM2E with an ISDN expansion card in it, you really should upgrade the memory as Livingston reccomends. Since we did that, we havent had any reboots, and our dedicated lines have been staying connected for over 70 days without a drop (the last time we rebooted it). Check out www.livingston.com, and have a read through the mailling archives there. I would say mostly happy customers. Here is one of our boxes.... Livingston Enterprises PortMaster Version 3.3.1 System uptime is 196 days 9 hours 13 minutes Also radius for Livingston (the ones who wrote it) runs quite well on FreeBSD. Have a look at the recent USR Total Control thread regarding their version radius... ---Mike