Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 02:52:32 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com>, andrew@pubnix.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for... Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981004025232.0077bd94@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <199810021327.JAA17453@sabre.goldsword.com>
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At 09:27 AM 10/2/98 -0400, John T. Farmer wrote: >>One has to wonder why you want such an odd creature. >> > >The typical use of such a beast would be in a small office to allow 1 or >2 people to dial into the office network. I've also looked for such >a creature for use in specialized networks such as remote access to >plant control systems. Certainly, but why not go either/or. Unless you plan to use the office network for internet access. And I do understand that those using may not have ISDN and some may not have a modem, but what are Andrew's needs. >In both of these examples, there were compelling reasons to _not_ >connect the lan to the Internet or use a VPN through the Internet. VPN <shudder> What's wrong with the OR-U for access? Don't know about the Netgear stuff much, excecpt that it works well and can be had with ethernet, unlike the 3Com Impact I use at home. Ther is a 4 port version, but what Livingston has is the ability to filter and can use PAP for access control. Not certain if either can be applied to the phone port on the OR-AP version. Different users can have different filters as well. No matter what it appears that 2 pieces of equipment are required or a considerable amount of money and more ports than you need, as you suggest in another message. We are missing the point that is this is hanging off a FBSD box, the serial ports and a 2nd NIC could be used for less than a MP-8 or 1800. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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