From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 17 04:17:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA13103 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA13024; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:16:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from ts2-cltnc-80.cetlink.net (ts2-cltnc-80.cetlink.net [209.54.58.80]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA20769; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:16:14 -0500 (EST) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router, terminal server Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:16:43 GMT Message-ID: <34e98ccb.899122@mail.cetlink.net> References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id EAA13034 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:13:55 -0800 (PST), Doug White wrote: >On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Gary Dunn wrote: > >> I am developing alternatives for an ISP start-up. A typical ISP involves >> a unix server, a router, and a terminal server. It seems to me that a >> reasonably fast Pentium should be able to perform the routing and >> terminal service, at least in the early stages of growth. >> >> Am I over-estimating performance? > >You'll outgrow that pretty quickly, servicing serial ports can eat CPU >significantly. Anybody have experience with Comrtol Rocketport multiport serial adapters and how many ports they can run on one box? -- The day of the proprietary OS is over. Long live free software. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message