From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 19:23:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA15774 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 19:23:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.aloha.com (root@leahi.aloha.com [206.127.224.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA15733 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 19:23:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from 209.84.67.240 (behemoth1-238.pixi.net [209.84.67.240]) by mail.aloha.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/PIXI-5.2) with SMTP id RAA19599 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:23:17 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <34E902AD.34ED@aloha.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:23:26 -1000 From: Gary Dunn Reply-To: knowtree@aloha.com Organization: Knowledge Tree X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions Subject: FreeBSD as router, terminal server Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? What i/o boards support up to thirtytwo dial-in ports? What kind of interface is available for the Internet side of the box, the place where a router usually sits? -- Gary Dunn Knowledge Tree Honolulu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message