From owner-freebsd-isp Mon May 5 19:05:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA06188 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 19:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA06180 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 19:05:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.5/8.7.3) id CAA01371; Tue, 6 May 1997 02:24:59 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199705060224.CAA01371@veda.is> Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements In-Reply-To: from Vincent Poy at "May 5, 97 06:05:17 pm" To: vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM (Vincent Poy) Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 02:24:57 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (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 > > Any modem server can be used for X2 since the modems don't care whether > > the incoming connection is analog or digital (i.e. the modems look like > > "fast modems"), but to get the most out of it you will need the new Z series > > serial ports (to get compression bandwidth). Unfortunately there is no > > FreeBSD driver available for them yet. Therefore, some legwork or brainwork > > will be necessary to get Z-ports to work. On the other hand, how far away > > are we from using Linux drivers with FreeBSD? That would be awesome! :) In the meantime, I suppose a Linux box just to contain the ports and run the driver, forwarding raw TCP/PPP datastreams to a FreeBSD box, might just cut it. > Who makes the Z series serial ports anyways? For the X2, I think > you need to get a USR Terminal Modem Server in order to support the X2 > speed. Cyclades, they support up to 921.6kb/s per port, simultaneously. 8 ports per card already available. Up to 64 (perhaps 128?) ports per card available after a month or two. > > >2) Daniel O'Callaghan's terminal server kit for FreeBSD > > > > With Radius support in the works. Daniel, in case you're listening, > > I'm interested in helping with this. > > So FreeBSD can't do radius as a server yet? Yes. Trouble is FreeBSD does not have radius support yet in pppd (or ppp?). > > The ETinc card looks like the only serious high speed sync solution. Of > > course, you don't need this for a normal dialin terminal-server. > > Unless... > > Hmmm, this would work well though if you wanted to resell > dedicated leased lines as well. Typically from a separate box than the terminal server. -- Adam David