From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Mar 28 01:44:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA12785 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:44:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA12698 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:43:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA10302; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:42:44 -0800 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199603280942.BAA10302@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: BOCA 8 /16 port To: andrzej@complex.complex.com.pl (Andrzej Szydlo) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:42:44 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from Andrzej Szydlo at "Mar 28, 96 10:34:46 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> 1. can freebsd survive for 10 dialin connections simultameously with > 28.8 > >> modem? > > >Yes. 16 is about the limit using dumb serial cards, though I have seen > >folks push this to 32 if the machines is acting as a dedicated terminal > >server. > > Can I run PPP simultanously on all lines without any delays ? If you use a sufficently fast system, a 100Mhz Pentium should have no problem what so ever handling 16 ports at 57.6K baud/port. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD