From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 14:27:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A5937B401 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flora.securenet.com.au (ns1.isecure.com.au [202.125.0.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F6543F3F for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:27:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: from leal.securenet.com.au (leal.isecure.com.au [202.125.0.94] (may be forged))h6HLRVum025732; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:31 +1000 Received: (from root@localhost) by leal.securenet.com.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h6HLRVlO029409; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:31 +1000 (EST) Received: from nodnsquery(10.11.3.10) by leal.securenet.com.au via csmap (V6.0) id srcAAAUOaaC5; Fri, 18 Jul 03 07:27:31 +1000 Received: from vmail.aipo.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id h6HLRU8L026138; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:30 +1000 Received: from stan.aipo.gov.au (wf-151.aipo.gov.au [192.168.1.151]) by vmail.aipo.gov.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h6HLRTZM000632; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: from stan.aipo.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stan.aipo.gov.au (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h6HLRSjw000264; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: (from anwsmh@localhost) by stan.aipo.gov.au (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h6HLRQ96000263; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:26 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: stan.aipo.gov.au: anwsmh set sender to anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU using -f Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:27:26 +1000 From: Stanley Hopcroft To: "Eric W. Bates" Message-ID: <20030718072720.A224@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> References: <049701c34c8f$f68bd7a0$68c311cc@fortiva> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <049701c34c8f$f68bd7a0$68c311cc@fortiva>; from ericx@vineyard.net on Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:19:29PM -0400 cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multi-serial card X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:27:34 -0000 Dear Sir, I am writing to thank you for your letter and say, On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:19:29PM -0400, Eric W. Bates wrote: > I want to setup a serial port console server much as described in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/article.html. > I'm looking for recommendations for 16 port serial devices. > that while I have no experience with the RocketPort euipment, I have had good success with Cyclades cards (an 8 port PCI card in a Dell 350 - with some minor case surgery). The Cyclades cards are well supported (just works [TM]) by FreeBSD and although I have no high speed applications (> 9k6) they happily drive PADs, GSM modems (for SMS delivery from Nagios), consoles of network devices and so on. In addition, Cyclades support open source projects by providing developer support to embed their applications into the Cyclades platforms (TS series of terminal servers I believce). One such application is Ntop. My colleagues use a standalone TS series device as a terminal server for a fleet of headless Sun boxen (they wanted something fast and cheap so the flexibility and power of a FreeBSD based terminal server wasn't necessary). Yours sincerely. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanley Hopcroft ------------------------------------------------------------------------ '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...' from Meditation 17, J Donne.