From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 31 06:52:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA25619 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:52:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from nimbus.superior.net (root@nimbus.superior.net [206.153.96.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA25602 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:52:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from exidor@localhost) by nimbus.superior.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA18902; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:52:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19970131095215.CM51996@@> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:52:15 -0500 From: exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto) To: andrew@ugh.net.au (Andrew) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal Servers? (which one) References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.59.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Andrew on Feb 1, 1997 01:23:33 +1100 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew writes: > 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? There's a bug or two in the beta software, but they've fixed it by now. I would highly recommend Livingston PM3s.. it may seem cheaper to go with a bunch of analog modems, but you're setting yourself up for problems, and will probably lose out in the long run to your competition who did go the extra step. -- Christopher Masto . . . . Superior Net Support: support@superior.net chris@masto.com . . . . . Masto Consulting: info@masto.com On Talking: If I wasn't talking, I wounldn't know what to say. - Chico Resch, New York Islanders goaltender